Silo´s Message

Note from the printers: ntspaPl;lhshpd; Fwpg;G:

The Message given by Silo in July of 2002 consists of three
parts: The Book, The Experience, and the Path.
The Book has been known for some time under the title The
Inner Look.
The Experience is approached through eight ceremonies.
2002 Mk; Mz;L [_iy khjj;jpy; rPNyh toq;fpa nra;jp
%d;W ghfq;fisf; nfhz;Ls;sJ: Gj;jfk;> mDgtk;
kw;Wk; ghij.
,e;j Gj;jfk; rpwpJ fhyk; jp ,d;du; Yf; (The Inner Look)
vd;w jiyg;gpYk; mwpag;gl;lJ.

The Path is a collection of reflections and suggestions. vl;Ltpjkhd rlq;Ffs; %yk; ,e;j mDgtj;ij ngwyhk;.

This edition contains the Message in its entirety. It circulates in ,e;j ghij Mo;e;j rpe;jidfs; kw;Wk; MNyhridfspd;
both printed and electronic form. xU njhFg;ghFk;.
,g;gjpg;G KOtJk; nra;jpia cs;slf;fpAs;sJ. ,J
mr;rplg;gl;l kw;Wk; kpd;dZ gjpT vd ,uz;L tbtpYk;
© Silo. Second edition, 2007 gug;gg;gLfpwJ.

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Tamil Translators: Chitra Babu jkpohf;fk;: rpj;uh ghG

Xavier Robinson Nrtpau; uhgpd;rd;
Help: Vikram Madurai cjtp: tpf;uk kJiu
Joshua Zion N[hR rPNahd;
Proof Reading: Saravanan Mahalingam rupg;ghu;g;ghsu;: rutzd; kfhypq;fk;

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THE BOOK Gj;jfk;

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 I. MEDITATION I. jpahdk;

1. Here it tells how the non-meaning of life can 1. ,q;F tho;tpd; mu;j;jkw;w jd;ikia
be converted into meaning and fulfillment. vg;gb mu;j;jKilajhfTk;>
epiwTilajhfTk; khw;WtJ vd;W
2. Here are joy, love of the body, of nature, of $wg;gl;Ls;sd.
humanity, and of the spirit.
2. ,q;F rhPuk;> ,aw;if> kdpj Neak; kw;Wk;
3. Here sacrifices, feelings of guilt, and threats
Md;khtpd; kfpo;r;rpAk; md;Gk; cs;sd.
from the beyond are rejected.

4. Here the worldly is not opposed to the
eternal.
5. Here it tells of the inner revelation at which
all arrive who carefully meditate in humble
search.
3. ,q;F jpahfq;fs;> Fw;wTzh;Tfs;> kw;Wk;
tho;tpw;F mg;ghw;gl;l mr;RWj;jy;fs;
tpyf;fg;gLk;.
4. ,q;F ,k;ik tho;T kWik tho;tpw;F
vjpuhdjy;y.

5.
,q;F gzpthd NjlYld; ftdkhf
jpahdpg;gth;fs; milfpd;w mf,d;gj;ij
gw;wp $wg;gl;Ls;sJ.

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 II. DISPOSITION TO
COMPREHEND
1. I know how you feel because I can experience
your state, but you do not know how to
experience the things I am speaking of.
Therefore, if I speak to you without self-
interest of that which makes the human
being happy and free, it is worth your while
to try to comprehend.
2. Do not think that you will arrive at
understanding by arguing with me. You may
do so if you believe that in this way your
understanding will become clearer, but it is
not the appropriate path in this case.
3. If you ask me what attitude is appropriate, I
will tell you that it is to meditate profoundly
and without haste on what is explained here.
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II. fpufpf;Fk; kdepiy
1. ePq;fs; vd;d czh;fpwPh;fs; vd;W vdf;F
njhpAk;. Vnddpy; cq;fs; epiyia
vd;dhy; czuKbAk;. Mdhy; ehd; NgRk;
tp\aq;fis vg;gb Gupe;Jnfhs;tJ vd;W
cq;fSf;F njhpahJ. vdNt> kdpjid
kfpo;r;rpahfTk;> Rje;jpukhfTk; itj;jpUg;gJ
gw;wp> Ra Mu;tkpy;yhky; ehd; cq;fsplk;
Ngrpdhy; mij ePq;fs; fpufpj;Jf; nfhs;s
Kaw;rpj;jhy; mJ cq;fSf;F gadspf;fyhk;;.
2. vd;Dld; tpthjpg;gjd; %yk; Ghpe;Jnfhs;s
KbAk; vd;W ePq;fs; vz;z Ntz;lhk;. ,e;j
topapy; cq;fsJ Ghpjy; njspthFnkd;W
ePq;fs; fUjpdhy;; ,t;tp\aj;jpy; ,J
rhpahd topapy;iy.
3. vd;d kdg;ghd;ik nghUj;jkhdJ vd ePq;fs;
vd;dplk; Nfl;lhy; ,q;Nf tpsf;fg;gl;Ls;sijg;
gw;wp Mo;e;Jk; mtrukpy;yhkYk; jpahdpf;f
Ntz;Lk; vd;W ehd; nrhy;YNtd;.
4. If you reply that you are busy with more 4. mjpf mtrukhd fhhpaq;fspy; ePq;fs;
urgent things, I will answer that since your xa;tpy;yhjpUf;fpwPh;fs; vd;W gjpy;
wish is to sleep or to die, I will do nothing to nrhd;dhy;> cq;fs; tpUg;gk; cwq;Ftjhf
oppose it. ,Ue;jhYk; my;yJ ,wg;gjhf ,Ue;jhYk;
mij ehd; vjph;j;J vJTk; nra;akhl;Nld;
5. Nor should you argue that you dislike my vd;W gjpyspg;Ngd.;
way of presenting things, for you do not
criticize the peel when you like the fruit. 5. cq;fSf;F fdp gpbj;Js;sJ> Mjyhy; Njhy;
gw;wp ePq;fs; xUNghJk; tpku;rpg;gjpy;iy>
6. I state things in the way I consider appropriate, Mifapdhy; ehd; $Wk; Kiwjhd;
not as might be desired by those who aspire gpbf;ftpy;iy vd;nwy;yhk; vd;NdhL
to things remote from inner truth. tpthjpf;f Ntz;lhk;.

6. vdf;F nghUj;jkhdJ vd;W Njhd;Wfpd;w

Kiwapy; $WfpNwd;. mJ cs;shh;e;j
cz;ikapypUe;J mg;ghy; cs;stu;fs;
tpUk;GtJ Nghy ,Uf;fhJ.

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 III. NON-MEANING III. mh;j;jkw;wJ

Over many days I discovered this great paradox:
Those who bore failure in their hearts were
able to illuminate the final victory, while those
who felt triumphant were left by the wayside,
vegetating in their muted and diffuse life. Over
many days, coming from the darkest of darkness,
I arrived at the light, guided not by teachings
but by meditation.
Thus, I told myself on the first day:
1. There is no meaning in life if everything
ends with death. 1. midj;Jk;;
2. All justification for actions, whether these
actions are despicable or admirable, is always 2. nray;fs;
a new dream that leaves only emptiness
ahead.
3. God is something uncertain.
gy ehl;fshf ,e;j nghpa Kuz;ghl;il
ehd; fz;lwpe;Njd;: jq;fs; ,jaq;fspy;
Njhy;tpia Rke;J te;jth;fshy; ,Wjp
ntw;wpia mila Kbe;jJ> mNj Neuj;jpy;
jq;fis ntw;wpahsh;fshf czh;e;jth;fs;
Klf;fg;gl;L nrwptw;w tho;f;ifia
tho;fpwhu;fs;. gy ehl;fshf> Nghjidfshy;
my;y jpahdj;jpdhy; topelj;jg;gl;L fLk;
Nkhrkhd ,Uspy; ,Ue;J ehd; ntspr;rj;jpw;F
te;Njd;.
vdNt> Kjy; ehspy; vdf;F ehNd nrhy;ypf;
nfhz;Nld;:
kuzj;NjhL Kbe;Jtpl;lhy;
tho;f;if mh;j;jkw;wjhFk;.
ntWf;fj;jf;fjhfNt my;yJ
tpUk;gj;jf;fjhfNth ,Ue;jhYk;>
nray;fSf;fhd midj;J epahag;gLj;JjYk;
vg;NghJk; ntWikia kl;LNk Kd;dhy;
tpl;Lr; nry;Yk; xU Gjpa fdthfNt
,Uf;fpwJ.

3. flTs; vd;gth; epr;rakw;wth;.

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4. Faith is something as variable as reason and 4. ek;gpf;if vd;gJ fhuzq;fs; kw;Wk; fdTfs;
dreams. Nghd;w xd;whFk;.

5. “What one should do” may be thoroughly 5. “xUth; vd;d nra;a Ntz;Lk;?” vd;gij
discussed, but in the end there is nothing KOtJkhf tpthjpf;fyhk; Mdhy;; Kbtpy;
ve;j epiyiaAk; vJTk; cWjpahf
that definitively supports any position.
Mjupg;gjpy;iy.
6. The “responsibility” of those who commit
6. VjhtJ nra;a Kw;gLgthpd; “nghWg;G”
themselves to something is no greater than vd;gJ nra;a Kw;glhjthpd; nghWg;ig tpl
the responsibility of those who do not. cah;e;jJ my;y.
7. I move according to my interests, and this 7. vdJ tpUg;gj;jpw;Nfw;g ehd; elf;fpNwd;> NkYk;
makes me neither a coward nor a hero. ,J vd;id xU NfhioahfNth my;yJ
xU fjhehafdhfNth khw;Wtjpy;iy.
8. “My interests” neither justify nor discredit
anything. 8. “vdJ tpUg;gk;” vijAk; epahag;gLj;JtNjh
my;yJ ,opTgLj;JtNjh ,y;iy.
9. “My reasons” are no better than the reasons
of others, nor are they worse. 9. “vdJ fhuzq;fs;” kw;wth;fspd;
fhuzq;fis tpl rpwe;jitahfNth my;yJ
10. Cruelty horrifies me, but neither because of NkhrkhditahfNth ,y;iy.
this nor in itself is it better or worse than
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,uf;fkpd;ik vd;id gaKWj;JfpwJ
kindness. vd;gjhy; ,J md;ig tpl rpwe;jNjh>
NkhrkhdNjh my;y.
11. What I or others say today is of no value
tomorrow. 11. ehd; my;yJ kw;wth;fs; ,d;W nrhy;tJ
ehis kjpg;Gilajhf ,Ug;gjpy;iy.

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12. To die is not better than to live or never to 12.
,wg;gJ tho;tijtpl my;yJ gpwthky;
have been born, but neither is it worse. ,Ug;gij tpl rpwe;jJ my;y mJ
NkhrkhdJk; my;y.
13. I discovered, not through teachings, but
through experience and meditation, that 13.
midj;Jk; kuzj;jpy; Kbe;Jtpl;lhy;
there is no meaning in life if everything ends tho;f;ifapy; ve;jtpj mh;j;jKk; ,y;iy
with death. vd;gij mDgtk;> jpahdk; %yk; ehd;
mwpe;Jnfhz;Nld;> Nghjidfs; %yk;
my;y.

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 IV. DEPENDENCE
The second day.
1. Nothing that I do, feel, or think depends on
me.
2. I am mutable and depend on the action of
my surroundings. When I want to change my
environment or my “I,” it is the environment
that ends up changing me. Then I seek the
city or nature, social redemption or a new
struggle that will justify my existence. In
every case it is my environment that leads
me to choose one attitude or another. In this
way, my interests and my surroundings leave
me here.
3. I say, then, that it does not matter who or
what decides. I say on these occasions that
I have to live since I am in the situation of
living. I say all this, but there is nothing that
justifies it. I can make a decision, hesitate, or
remain where I am. In any case, one thing
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IV. rhh;e;jpUj;jy;
,uz;lhtJ ehs;.
1. ehd; nra;tJ> czh;tJ my;yJ rpe;jpg;gJ
vJTk; vd;idr; rhh;e;jJ my;y.
2. vd;id Rw;wpAs;s nray;fisr; rhh;e;J
ehd; khwf;$batdhf ,Uf;fpNwd;. vdJ
Rw;Wr;#oiy my;yJ “vd;id” ehd; khw;w
tpUk;Gk; NghJ> Kbtpy; me;j #oy; vd;id
khw;wpaikf;fpwJ. mjd;gpd; ehd; vdJ
tho;it epahag;gLj;Jk; efuk; my;yJ #oy;>
r%f kPl;G my;yJ xU Gjpa Nghuhl;lj;ij
ehbr; nry;fpNwd;. xt;nthU tp\aj;jpYk;>
vdJ #o;epiy xd;W my;yJ kw;nwhU
kdg;ghq;ifj; Njh;e;njLf;f top fhl;LfpwJ.
,jdhy;> vdJ Mh;tq;fSk;> vdJ #oy;fSk;
vd;id ,q;Nf tpl;L nry;fpd;wd.
3. ehd; $WfpNwd;> ahh; my;yJ vJ KbT
nra;fpwJ vd;gJ Kf;fpakpy;iy. ehd; thOk;
#o;epiyapy; ,Uf;fpNwd; vd;gjdhy; ehd;
tho Ntz;Lk; vd;W ,e;j re;jh;g;gq;fspy;
ehd; $WfpNwd;. ehd; ,it midj;ijAk;
$WfpNwd;> Mdhy; mij epahag;gLj;j
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 is only provisionally better than another; xd;Wkpy;iy. ehd; xU Kbit vLf;fyhk;>
ultimately there is no better or worse. jaq;fyhk; my;yJ vLf;fhkNy ,Uf;fyhk;.
ve;j re;jh;g;gj;jpYk;> xd;W kw;nwhd;iw
4. If someone tells me that those who do not tpl jw;fhypfkhf rpwg;ghdjhf ,Uf;fpwJ
eat die, I will answer that this is indeed so, ,Wjpapy; rpwe;jJ my;yJ NkhrkhdJ vd;W
and that, spurred by their needs, they are vJTkpy;iy.
compelled to eat. But I will not add that
4. rhg;gplhjth;fs; ,we;JtpLthh;fs;
the struggle to eat justifies one’s existence. vd;W xUth; vd;dplk; nrhd;dhy;> mJ
Nor will I say that this struggle is bad. I cz;ikjhd;> mNjhL jq;fs; Njitfshy;
will simply say that all of this concerns an J}z;lg;gl;L rhg;gpLk;gb mth;fs;
individual or collective fact related to the fl;lhag;gLj;jg;gLfpwhh;fs; vd;W ehd;
need for subsistence, but that it has no gjpyspg;Ngd;. rhg;gpLtjw;fhd Nghuhl;lk;
meaning in the moment that the last battle xUthpd; tho;f;ifia epahag;gLj;Jk; vd;W
is lost. ehd; nrhy;y khl;Nld; ,e;j Nghuhl;lk;
rupapy;iy vd;Wk; ehd; nrhy;ykhl;Nld;.
5. I will say, moreover, that I feel solidarity with caph;tho;tjw;fhd Njitfs; midj;Jk;
the struggle of the poor, the exploited, and jdpj;J my;yJ $l;lhf tho;gtu;fis
the persecuted. I will say that I feel “fulfilled” nghWj;jJ. ,e;j jUzj;jpy; ,it
midj;Jk; Njhy;tpia rhu;e;jjy;y.
in this identification, but I understand that
these feelings do not justify anything. 5. NkYk;> ehd; Viofs;> Jd;gg;gLgtu;fs;>
Ruz;lg;gl;ltu;fspd; Nghuhl;lj;jpy;
xw;Wikia czh;fpNwd;. ,j;jifa
xj;Jzu;tpy; ehd; “epiwtilfpNwd;”>
Mdhy; ,e;j czh;Tfs; vijAk;
epahag;gLj;Jtjpy;iy vd;W ehd;
Ghpe;Jnfhs;fpNwd;.

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 V. INTIMATION OF MEANING V. mh;j;jj;ij mwptpj;jy;

The third day. %d;whtJ ehs;.

1. At times I have anticipated events that later 1. rpy rkaq;fspy; gpd;dhy; epfog;NghFk;
took place. epfo;Tfis ehd; Kd;$l;bNa vjph;g;ghh;j;Njd;.

2. At times I have grasped a distant thought. 2. rpy rkaq;fspy; xU njhiyJ}ur; rpe;jidia

ehd; czh;e;jpUf;fpNwd;.
3. At times I have described places I have never
been. 3. rpy rkaq;fspy; ehd; ,Jtiu Nghfhj
,lq;fis gw;wp ehd; tpthpj;jpUf;fpNwd;.
4. At times I have recounted exactly what took
place in my absence. 4. rpy rkaq;fspy; ehd; ,y;yhj NghJ
vd;d ele;jnjd;gij ehd; rhpahf
5. At times an immense joy has surprised me. tpthpj;jpUf;fpNwd;.

6. At times a total comprehension has 5. rpy rkaq;fspy; xU kpfg;nghpa Nguhde;jk;

overwhelmed me. vd;id Mr;rhpag; gLj;jpapUf;fpwJ.

7. At times a perfect communion with 6. rpy rkaq;fspy; xU KOikahd fpufpf;Fk;

everything has filled me with ecstasy. epiy vd;id gpukpg;gilar; nra;jpUf;fpwJ.

7.
rpy rkaq;fspy; midj;JlDk;
xd;wpize;J ,Uj;jy; vd;id gutrj;jpy;
%o;fbj;jpUf;fpwJ.

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8. At times I have broken through my reveries
and seen reality in a new way.
9. At times I have seen something for the first
time, yet recognized it as though I had seen
it before.
… And all this has made me think. It is clear
to me that without these experiences I could not
have emerged from the non-meaning.
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8. rpy rkaq;fspy; ehd; vdJ gfy;fdTfisj;
jfu;j;njwpe;J xU Gjpa ajhu;j;jj;ijg;
ghh;j;jpUf;fpNwd;.
9. rpy rkaq;fspy; ehd; Kjy; Kiwahf
xd;iw ghh;j;jpUf;fpNwd;> ,Ue;jNghjpYk;
,jw;F Kd;G ehd; mij ghh;j;jJ Nghy
milahsk; fz;Lnfhz;Nld;.
... ,it midj;Jk; vd;id rpe;jpf;f
itj;jd. ,e;j mDgtq;fs; ,y;yhky;
ehd; mh;j;jkpy;yhjtw;wpypUe;J ntspNa
te;jpUf;f KbahJ vd;W vdf;Fj; njspthf
GhpfpwJ.
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 VI. SLEEP AND AWAKENING
The fourth day.
1. I cannot take as real what I see in my dreams,
nor what I see in semi-sleep, nor what I see
when I am awake but in reverie.
2. I can take as real what I see when I am
awake and without reveries. Here I am not
speaking of what my senses register, since
naive and dubious “data” can arrive from my
external and internal senses as well as from
my memory. Rather, I am speaking of the
activities of my mind as they relate to the
“data” being thought. What is valid is that
when my mind is awake it “knows” and
when it is asleep it “believes.” Only rarely
do I perceive reality in a new way, and it is
then that I realize that what I normally see
resembles sleep or semi-sleep.
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VI. cwf;f epiy kw;Wk;
tpopg;Gepiy
ehd;fhtJ ehs;.
1. vdJ fdTfspy;> miu J}f;fj;jpy;; my;yJ
tpopj;jpUf;Fk;NghJ tUk; gfy; fdtpy;
ghh;j;jtw;iw vy;yhk; cz;ik vd vd;dhy;
vLj;Jf;nfhs;s KbahJ.
2. gfy; fdtpd;wp tpopj;Jf;nfhz;bUf;Fk;
NghJ ehd; ajhu;j;jj;ijg; ghu;g;gJ Nghy
vLj;Jf;nfhs;Ntd;;. vdJ czh;Tfs; gjpT
nra;tijg; gw;wp ehd; ,q;F Ngrtpy;iy
Vnddpy; ntspg;Gw kw;Wk; cs;shh;e;j
czh;TfspUe;Jk;> epidTfspypUe;Jk;
vspikahd kw;Wk; njsptpy;yhj “jfty;”
tuyhk;. vd; kdjpd; nray;ghLfs; ehd;
rpe;jpf;fpd;w “jfty;fSf;F” njhlh;Gilajhf
,Ug;gjdhy; mijg; gw;wp ehd; NgRfpNwd;.
vdJ kdk; tpopg;Gepiyapy; ,Uf;Fk;NghJ
“mwpe;J nfhs;fpwJ” kw;Wk; mJ cwq;Fk;
NghJ “ek;GfpwJ” vd;gNj Vw;GilajhFk;.
mupjhf ehd; xU Gjpa topapy; ajhu;j;jj;ijg;
ghu;g;Ngd;> mJ vd;Dila fdtpy; my;yJ
miuj; J}f;fj;jpy; ghu;j;jij xj;jpUf;fpwJ
vd czu;e;Njd;.
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There is a real way of being awake, and it has led tpopg;Gepiy ngw xU cz;ikahd
me to meditate profoundly on all that has been top cs;sJ NkYk; ,Jtiu $wg;gl;l
said so far. It has, moreover, opened the door for midj;ijAk; gw;wp Mokhf jpahdpf;f
me to discover the meaning of all that exists. mJ vd;id topelj;jpAs;sJ. NkYk;>
midj;jpd; mh;j;jj;ijAk; fz;lwpa vdf;F
mJ topf;fhl;baJ.

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 VII. PRESENCE OF THE FORCE VII. rf;jpapd; gpurd;dk;

The fifth day. Ie;jhk; ehs;.

1. When I was truly awake I scaled from 1.

ehd; cz;ikapy; tpopg;Gepiyapy;
comprehension to comprehension. ,Uf;Fk;NghJ> NkYk; NkYk; gy
czu;thw;wy;fSf;F gazpf;fpNwd;.
2. When I was truly awake yet lacked the
strength to continue the ascent, I was able 2. ehd; tpopg;Gepiyapy; ,Uf;Fk;NghJ> NkYk;
njhlh;tjw;fhd typik ,y;yhjNghJ
to draw the Force from within myself. This
vdf;Fs; ,Ue;j rf;jpia vd;dhy; ngw
Force was present throughout my body. Kbe;jJ. ,e;j rf;jp vdJ cly; KOtJk;
All of the energy was present even in the gutp ,Ue;jJ. vdJ clypd; capu;
smallest cells of my body, and it circulated mZf;fspy; $l Mw;wy; ,Ue;jJ> mJ vdJ
more rapidly and more intensely than my ,uj;jj;ij tpl tpiuthfTk; mjpjPtpukhfTk;
blood. XLfpwJ.

3. I discovered that the energy concentrated 3. vdJ cly; nray;ghl;by; ,Ue;jNghJ Mw;wy;
in those points of my body that were active, epuk;gpapUe;jJ> nray;ghl;by; ,y;yhjNghJ
and was absent when they were not. Mw;wypd;wp ,Ug;gij ehd; czu;e;Njd;.

4. During illness the energy was either lacking
or it accumulated precisely in the areas of
my body that were affected. But if I was able
to reestablish the normal flow of the energy,
many illnesses began to recede.
4. cly;eyf; Fiwtpd; NghJ> Mw;wy;
Fiwe;Njh my;yJ ghjpf;fg;gl;l vdJ
cly; gFjpfspy; mJ Jy;ypakhf Ftpe;Njh
,Ue;jJ. Mdhy; Mw;wypd; rPuhd Xl;lj;ij
vd;dhy; kPz;Lk; cUthf;f Kbe;jhy;> gy
Neha;fs; tpyfpg;NghFk;.

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Some peoples knew this, and through various
procedures that seem strange to us today they
were able to reestablish the flow of the energy.
Some peoples knew this, and they were able to
communicate this energy to others, producing
“illuminations” of comprehension and even
physical “miracles.”
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rpyu; ,ij mwpe;jpUe;jhh;fs;> NkYk; ,d;W
ekf;F mjprakhfj; Njhd;Wk; gy;NtW
nray;Kiwfs; %yk; Mw;wypd; Xl;lj;ij
mth;fshy; kPz;Lk; nfhz;Ltu Kbe;jJ.
rpy kf;fs; ,ij mwpe;jpUe;jhh;fs;> NkYk;
,e;j Mw;wiy kw;wth;fSf;F “gpufhrkhfTk;”
cly;rhu;e;j “mw;Gjq;fshfTk;” mspj;jhu;fs;.
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 VIII. CONTROL OF THE FORCE VIII. rf;jpapd; fl;Lg;ghL

The sixth day. MwhtJ ehs;.

1. There is a way of directing and concentrating 1. clypy; guTk; rf;jpia xUKfg;gLj;jTk;;>

the Force that circulates through the body. topelj;jTk; xU top cs;sJ.

2. In the body are points of control on which
depend what we know as movement,
emotion, and idea. When the energy acts in
these points it gives rise to motor, emotional,
and intellectual manifestations.
2. kd vOr;rp> czh;T kw;Wk; rpe;jidfis
fl;Lg;gLj;j clypy; rpyg; Gs;spfs; cs;sd.
,e;j Gs;spfspy; Mw;wy; nray;gLk;NghJ> ,J
,af;fk;> czu;r;rp> mwpthu;e;j ntspg;ghLfs;
Mfpait Njhd;w toptFf;fpwJ.

3. Depending on whether the energy acts 3. Mw;wy; mjpfstpy; cl;Gwkhf my;yJ

more internally or superficially in the NkNyhl;lkhf nray;gLfpwjh vd;gijg;
body, the states of deep sleep, semi-sleep, nghWj;J Mo;e;j cwf;fk;> miu
or wakefulness arise. Surely, the halos that cwf;f epiyfs; my;yJ tpopg;G epiy
surround the bodies or heads of the saints Njhd;WfpwJ. kj Xtpaq;fspy; cs;s
(or the great awakened ones) in religious Qhdpfspd; (my;yJ mjPj tpopg;Gzu;Tld;
paintings allude to this phenomenon of the ,Uf;fpd;wtu;fs;) cly; my;yJ jiyia
Rw;wpAs;s xsptl;lq;fshdJ Mw;wypd;
energy, which on occasion manifests more
epfo;it Fwpf;fpwJ> ,J vg;NghjhtJ
externally. kpfTk; njspthf ntspg;gLfpwJ.

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4. There is a point of control of being-truly-
awake, and there is a way of bringing the
Force to this point.
5. When the energy is led to this point, all the
other points of control move in a new way.
Upon understanding this and hurling the
Force to this superior point, my entire body felt
the impact of an enormous energy. This energy
struck powerfully within my consciousness, and I
ascended from comprehension to comprehension.
But I also observed that if I lost control of
the energy I could descend to the depths of the
mind. Then, seeing the dividing line between
these mental states, I remembered the legends of
“heavens” and “hells.”
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4. cz;ikahd tpopg;G epiyia fl;Lg;gLj;j
xU Gs;sp cs;sJ> NkYk; ,e;j Gs;spf;F
rf;jpiaf; nfhz;L tUtjw;fhd xU topAk;
cs;sJ.
5. Mw;wyhdJ ,e;j gFjpf;F topelj;jg;gLk;
NghJ> gpw fl;Lg;ghl;L Gs;spfs; midj;Jk;
xU Gjpa topapy; efh;fpd;wd.
,ijg; Ghpe;J nfhz;L> rf;jpia Nky;Nehf;fpa
gFjpf;F nfhz;LtUtjd; %yk;> vdJ
cly; KOtJk; xU kpfg;nghpa Mw;wypd;
jhf;fj;ij czh;e;jJ. ,e;j Mw;wy; vd;
epidT epiyapy; jhf;fj;ij Vw;gLj;jpaJ.
ehd; NkYk; gy Mw;wy;fis fpufpj;Njd;.
ehd; ,e;j Mw;wypd; fl;Lg;ghl;il ,oe;jhy;
ehd; kdjpd; jho;epiyia milNtd;
vd;gij czu;e;Njd;. mjd;gpd;> ,e;j
kdepiyfSf;F ,ilNa ,Uf;Fk; gpstpid
ghh;j;j NghJ>“nrhh;f;fk;” kw;Wk; “eufk;” vd;w
Guhzq;fs; vd;; epidtpw;F te;jJ.
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 IX. MANIFESTATIONS IX. Mw;wypd; ntspg;ghLfs
OF THE ENERGY

The seventh day. Vohk; ehs;.

1. This energy in motion could become 1. ,af;fj;jpy; cs;s ,e;j Mw;wy; clypUe;J
“independent” of the body yet still maintain “jdpj;J” ,Uf;f KbAk;> ,Ug;gpDk; mJ
its unity. xw;WikAlDk; ,Uf;f KbAk;.

2. This unified energy was really a sort of
“double” of the body, corresponding to the
coenesthetic representation of one’s own
body within the space of representation. The
sciences that deal with mental phenomena
have not paid sufficient attention to the
existence of this space or to the representations
that correspond to the internal sensations of
the body.
3. The energy duplicated in this way, that
is imagined as if “outside” the body or
“separated” from its material base, either
dissolved as an image or was represented
correctly, depending on the internal unity of
the one carrying out this work.
2. ,e;j xUq;fpize;j Mw;wyhdJ clypd;
kWgbtk; (Md;kh) Nghd;wJ> mJ
cUtfg;gLj;jpf;fhl;Lk; cUtikg;gpy; cs;s
xUtupd; czu;Tfisg; nghWj;jjhFk;.
clypd; mfTzu;it cUtfg;gLj;jpf;fhl;Lk;
cUtikg;Gfisg; gw;wp kdepiy Fwpj;j
tpQ;Qhdq;fspy; vJTk; $wg;gltpy;iy.
3. ,e;j topapy; Mw;wyhdJ efyhf;fg;gl;L
clYf;F ntspNa my;yJ ruPuj;jpypUe;J
“gphpf;fg;gLfpwJ” mJ ,e;j Ntiyiar;
nra;Ak; xUtuJ cs;shu;e;j xw;Wikiag;
nghWj;J mJ rpjykilfpwJ my;yJ
rupahf cUtikf;fg;gLfpwJ.

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4. I was able to confirm that the “exteriorization” 4. ruPuj;jpd; “ntspg;Gwkhf” xUthpd;
of this energy, which represented one’s body cliy gpujpepjpg;gLj;Jk; ,e;j Mw;wypd;
as “outside” of one’s body, could be produced “ntspg;Gwj;jd;ik” rhjhuz kdjpdhy; $l
even from the lowest levels of the mind. In cUthf;fKbAk; vd;gij ehd; mwpe;Njd;.
these cases, a threat to the most basic unity rpy Neuq;fspy; capupd; cs; xw;Wikf;F
mghak; ,Uf;Fk;NghJ ,e;j czu;it
of the living being provoked this response
J}z;bdhy;jhd; xUtiu Mgj;jpypUe;J
in order to safeguard the one who was in
fhg;gw;w KbAk;. mjdhNyNa nka; kwe;j
danger. That is why, in the trances of some (gutr) epiyapy; cs;czu;T epiy
mediums whose level of consciousness was FiwthfTk;> cs;czu;T epiyapd;
low and whose internal unity was imperiled, xw;Wik mghaepiyapYk; cs;sJ> ,e;j
these responses occurred involuntarily and vjpu;r;nray;fs; jd;dpr;irahf Njhd;wpd
were not recognized as being self-produced, Rakhf Njhd;wtpy;iy Mdhy; gpw ];J}yg;
but were attributed to other entities. nghUs;fSf;F fhuzpahf ,Ue;jd.

The “ghosts” of certain peoples, like the “spirits” rpy Fwpnrhy;gthpd; “Md;kh” Nghy>
of some fortunetellers, were nothing but the xU rpy kf;fspd; “Md;kh” jq;fisj;
“doubles” (the self-representations) of those who jhNd czh;e;jth;fspd; “kWgbtk;”
felt themselves possessed. Having lost control of (Ra-gpujpepjpj;Jtq;fs;) jhd;. Mw;wypd;
the Force, their mental state was darkened in fl;Lg;ghl;il ,oe;J mth;fspd; kdepiy
trance, and they felt controlled by strange beings ,Ushfpg; NghdJ> NkYk; rpy rkaq;fspy;
that at times produced remarkable phenomena. tprpj;jpukhd epfo;it Vw;gLj;Jk;
me;epakhditfshy; fl;Lg;gLj;jg;gl;lJ
Doubtless this was the case of many who were
Nghy czh;e;jdh;. re;Njfkpd;wp
said to be “possessed.” What was decisive, then,
“Ml;nfhs;sgl;lth;fs;” vd;W nrhy;yg;gl;l
was control of the Force. gyhpd; epiy ,Jjhd;. Mw;wypd;
fl;Lg;ghLjhd; ,jw;fhd jPu;thFk;.

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All this changed completely my conception of
both daily life and of life after death. Through
these thoughts and experiences I began to lose
faith in death, and now I no longer believe in it,
just as I no longer believe in the non-meaning
of life.
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,it midj;Jk; vdJ md;whl tho;f;if
kw;Wk; kuzj;jpw;Fg; gpd;ghd tho;f;ifia
gw;wpa vdJ fUj;ij KOtJkhf khw;wpaJ.
,e;j vz;zq;fs; kw;Wk; mDgtq;fs; %yk;
kuzk; kPjhd ek;gpf;ifia ehd; ,of;fj;
Jtq;fpNdd;> NkYk; ,g;nghOJ tho;tpd;
mh;j;jkpd;ikia ehd; ek;ghjJ Nghy ehd;
,ijAk; ek;Gtjpy;iy>.
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 X. EVIDENCE OF MEANING X. mh;j;jj;jpd; rhd;Wfs;

The eighth day. vl;lhtJ ehs;.

1. The real importance of an awakened life 1. xU tpopg;Gepiy tho;f;ifapd; cz;ikahd

became evident to me. Kf;fpaj;Jtk; vdf;F njspthdJ.

2. The real importance of eliminating internal 2. cs;shh;e;j Kuz;ghLfis ePf;Ftjw;fhd

contradictions convinced me. cz;ikahd Kf;fpaj;Jtk; vdf;F
ek;gpf;ifia nfhLj;jJ.
3. The real importance of mastering the Force
in order to achieve unity and continuity 3. xw;WikiaAk; njhlh;r;rpahd epiyiaAk;
filled me with joyful meaning. miltjw;fhd rf;jpia RaMl;rp nra;tjd;
cz;ikahd Kf;fpaj;Jtk; vd;id
kfpo;r;rpapy; Mo;j;jpaJ.

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 XI. THE LUMINOUS CENTER XI. gpufhrkhd ikak;

The ninth day. xd;gjhtJ ehs;.

1. In the Force was “the light” that came from 1. rf;jpapd; xU “ikaj;jpypUe;J” “me;j xsp”
a “center.” te;jJ.

2. In withdrawal from the center there was 2. ikaj;jpy; ,Ue;J ntspNaw;Wk; NghJ
a dissolution of the energy, while in the Mw;wypy; rpijT Vw;gl;lJ> mNjNeuj;jpy;
unification and evolution of the energy that xspUk; ikak; nray;gLk;NghJ Mw;wypy;
luminous center was at work. xUq;fpizTk; vOr;rpAk; Vw;gl;lJ.

It did not strike me as strange to find a devotion gz;ila kf;fspd; kj;jpapy; #hpa
to the Sun-god among ancient peoples. And I flTs; topghl;il ghh;g;gJ vdf;F
tpag;gspf;ftpy;iy. ,e;j el;rj;jpuk; G+kpf;Fk;
understood that while some worshipped this ,aw;iff;Fk; tho;it mspj;jjdhy;
heavenly object because it gave life to the earth rpyh; ,e;j el;rj;jpuj;ij tzq;fpdhh;fs;>
and to nature, others recognized in that majestic mNjNeuj;jpy; kw;wth;fs; kpfg; ngupa
body the symbol of a greater reality. cz;ikapd; milahsj;ij ,e;j fk;gPukhd
cUtj;jpd; %yk; czh;e;jdh; vd;gij ehd;
There were those who went still further and Ghpe;Jnfhz;Nld;.
received innumerable gifts from this center, gifts
that at times “descended” as tongues of fire over Nkw;nfhz;L gazpj;j gyu; ,e;j
ikaj;jpypUe;J Vuhskhd tuq;fiisg;
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the inspired ones, at times arrived as luminous
spheres, and at times appeared as burning bushes
before the fearful believer.
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Mu;tKs;stu;fSf;F gupRj;j Md;khtpd;
mw;Gj guprhfTk;> rpy rkaj;jpy; xsp
tl;lq;fshfTk;> rpy rkaj;jpy; mr;rk;
nfhz;l tpRthrpfSf;F vhpAk; Gjh;fs;
NghyTk; Njhd;wpd.
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 XII. THE DISCOVERIES XII. fz;Lgpbg;Gfs;

The tenth day. gj;jhtJ ehs;.

Few but important were my discoveries, which vdJ fz;Lgpbg;Gfs; rpy> Mdhy; mit
I summarize this way: Kf;fpakhditfshFk;> mtw;iw ehd;
,t;tpjkhf tpthpf;fpNwd;.
1. Though the Force circulates through the
body involuntarily, it can be directed through 1.
jd;dpr;iraw;w ,e;j rf;jp clypy;
conscious effort. Achieving an intentional gutpdhYk;> mij czh;Tg;G+h;tkhf
change in the level of consciousness grants Kaw;rpj;J fl;Lg;gLj;jyhk;. cs;czu;tpy;
the human being an important glimpse of xU Ra khw;wj;ij miltjdhy;> kdpjDf;F
liberation from the “natural” conditions cs;czu;tpy; “,ay;ghd” epiyapdhy;
that seem to impose themselves on the Vw;gLk; khw;wj;jpypUe;J tpLgLtjw;fhd
consciousness. topiaf; fzNeuf; fz;Nzhl;lj;jpy;
fhl;LfpwJ.
2. Within the body are points that control its
diverse activities. 2. clypd; cs;Ns gy;NtW nray;ghLfis
fl;Lg;gLj;Jk; Gs;spfs; cs;sd.
3. There are differences between the state
of being-truly-awake and other levels of 3.
cz;ikahd tpopg;Gepiyf;Fk; gpw
consciousness. cs;czh;T epiyfSf;Fk; ,ilapy;
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4. The Force can be led to the point of real 4. ,e;j rf;jpia cz;ikahd tpopg;G epiyf;F
awakening (understanding by “Force” the topelj;jyhk; (“rf;jp” %yk; xU Fwpg;gpl;l
mental energy that accompanies particular tbtj;jpd; kd Mw;wiyAk;> “Gs;spapd;”
images and by “point” the location of such %yk; ,e;j tbtj;jpd; Jy;ypakhd
an image in a certain “place” in the space of miktplj;ijAk; Gupe;Jnfhs;syhk);.
representation).
gz;ilafhy kf;fspd; gpuhh;j;jidfspy; xU
These conclusions led me to recognize in the khngUk; rj;jpaj;jpd; tpj;Jfis milahsk;
prayers of ancient peoples the seed of a great fhz ,e;j KbTfs; vd;id topelj;jpd
,e;j rj;jpakhdJ ntspg;Gw rlq;Ffs;
truth, a truth later obscured by external rites
kw;Wk; gof;f tof;fq;fshy; kiwe;J
and practices, making it impossible for them
NghdJ> ,jdhy; kdpjid xsp Mjhuj;Jld;
to develop that internal work which, realized njhlu;Gnfhs;s itf;Fk; cs;shu;e;j
with perfection, puts human beings in contact nray;Kiwfis Nkk;gLj;JtJ rhj;jpakw;W
with their luminous source. Finally, I observed NghdJ. ,Wjpahf> vdJ “fz;Lgpbg;Gfs;”
that my “discoveries” were not discoveries at all, fz;Lgpbg;GfNs my;y vd;gij ehd;
but arose from the inner revelation at which all fz;lwpe;Njd;> Mdhy; ,J Kuz;ghL
arrive who, without contradictions, search for ,y;yhky; jq;fs; ,jaj;jpypUe;J xspiaj;
the light in their own hearts. NjLgtu;fspd; cs;ntspg;ghl;bypUe;J
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 XIII. THE PRINCIPLES
Different is the attitude toward life and things
when inner revelation strikes like lightning.
Following the steps slowly, meditating on what
has been said and what has yet to be said, you
may convert the non-meaning into meaning. It
is not indifferent what you do with your life.
Your life, subject to laws, is open to possibilities
among which you can choose. I do not speak to
you of liberty. I speak to you of liberation, of
movement, of process. I do not speak to you of
liberty as something static, but of liberating
yourself step-by-step, as those who approach
their city become liberated from the road already
traveled. Thus, “what one must do” depends
not upon distant, incomprehensible, and
conventional morals, but upon laws: laws of
life, of light, of evolution.
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XIII. Nfhl;ghLfs;
cs;shh;e;j ntspg;ghL kpd;dy; Nghy jhf;Fk;
NghJ tho;f;if kw;Wk; nghUs;fs; kPjhd
kdg;ghd;ik NtWgLk;.
gbg;gbahf ,e;j topia gpd;gw;Wtjpdhy;>
vJ nrhy;yg;gl;lNjh> vJ nrhy;yg;gl
Ntz;LNkh mij jpahdpj;J> mu;j;jkw;wij
mu;j;jKilajhf ePq;fs; khw;wpf;nfhs;syhk;.
ePq;fs; cq;fs; tho;f;ifapy; nra;a
tpUk;GtjpypUe;J ,J NtWgl;ljy;y.
rl;lq;fSf;F cl;gl;L> cq;fsJ
tho;f;ifapy; tha;g;Gfis Nju;Tnra;J
nfhs;syhk;. ehd; cq;fsplk; Rje;jpuj;ijf;
Fwpj;J Ngrtpy;iy. ehd; nray;Kiwapd;
,af;fj;jpDila Rje;jpuk; gw;wp NgRfpNwd;.
ehd; epiyahd Rje;jpuk; gw;wp cq;fsplk;
Ngrtpy;iy> vt;thW xUtd; efuj;jpw;F
nry;Yk;NghJ Kd;dhy; cs;s ghijapypUe;;J
jd;id tpLtpj;J nfhs;fpwhNdh mJNghy
cq;fis ePq;fNs gbg;gbahf tpLtpj;Jf;
nfhs;s Ntz;Lk;. vdNt “xUtd; vd;d
nra;a Ntz;Lk;” vd;gJ GupjYf;F mg;ghy;
cs;s ,ay;ghd xOf;f newpfis rhu;e;jJ
my;y Mdhy; tho;f;if> xsp> gupzhkq;fspd;
tpjpia rhu;e;jJ.
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 Here are the “Principles” which can help you in cs;shh;e;j xw;Wikf;fhd cq;fs; Njlypy;
your search for internal unity: cq;fSf;F cjtf;$ba “Nfhl;ghLfs;”
,q;Nf $wg;gl;Ls;sd:
1. To go against the evolution of things is to go
against yourself. 1.
fhupaq;fspd; ghpzhkj;ij vjph;g;gJ
jd;idj;jhNd vjph;g;gjhFk;.
2. When you force something toward an end,
you produce the contrary. 2.
Kbit Nehf;fp xd;iw ePq;fs;
fl;lhag;gLj;jpdhy;> mJ vjph;tpisit
3. Do not oppose a great force. Retreat until it Njhw;Wtpf;Fk;.
weakens, then advance with resolution.
3. xU nghpa rf;jpia vjph;f;f Ntz;lhk;.
4. Things are well when they move together, Mjd; tPhpak; FiwAk; tiu gpd;thq;F> gpd;
not in isolation. cWjpNahL Kd;NdW.
5. If day and night, summer and winter are
4. jdpj;J ,af;Ftij tpl> xUq;fpize;J
well with you, you have surpassed the ,aq;Fk; fhhpaNk ey;yJ.
contradictions.

6. If you pursue pleasure, you enchain yourself 5. ,uT kw;Wk; gfy;> Nfhil kw;Wk; Fsph;
cdf;F Vw;Gilajhf ,Ue;jhy;> eP
to suffering. But as long as you do not harm
Kuz;ghLfis flg;gha;.
your health, enjoy without inhibition when
the opportunity presents itself. 6. eP ,d;gj;ij gpd; njhlh;e;jhy;> eP cd;idNa
Jd;gj;jpy; gpizf;fpwha;. Mdhy; cd;
eyDf;F NfL tpistpf;fhj tifapy;>
tha;g;G mikAk; NghJ kfpo;r;rpia
jaq;fhky; mDgtp.

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7. If you pursue an end, you enchain yourself.
If everything you do is realized as though it
were an end in itself, you liberate yourself.
8. You will make your conflicts disappear when
you understand them in their ultimate root,
not when you want to resolve them.
9. When you harm others you remain
enchained, but if you do not harm anyone
you can freely do whatever you want.
10. When you treat others as you want them to
treat you, you liberate yourself.
7. KbT xd;iw miltjw;fhf gpd;njhlu;e;jhy;
eP cd;idNa tpyq;fpl;L nfhs;fpwha;.
khwhf Kbit mila eP vLf;Fk; xt;nthU
Kaw;rpAk; Kbthf fUjpr; nray;gl;lhy; eP
cd;idNa tpLtpj;Jf; nfhs;tha;.
8. eP Ky Mjhuq;fis Ghpe;Jnfhs;Sk; NghJ
jhd; mg;gpur;ridfs; KbtilAk;> cd;
gpur;ridfSf;F jPHT fhz Kaw;rpf;Fk;
Nghjy;y.
9. eP gpwiuj; Jd;GWj;Jk; NghJ cd;idNa
gpizj;Jnfhs;fpwha;> khwhf ahiuAk;
Jd;GWj;jhj NghJ> eP Rje;jpukhf vij
tpUk;GfpwhNah mij nra;ayhk;.

11. It does not matter in which faction events 10. gpwh; cd;id vg;gb elj;j Ntz;Lnkd
have placed you. What matters is that you tpUk;GfpwhNah mg;gbNa eP kw;wtiu
comprehend that you have not chosen any elj;jpdhy;> eP cd;idNa tpLtpj;Jf;
nfhs;tha;.
faction.
11.
epfo;Tfs; cd;id ve;j gphptpy;
12. Contradictory or unifying actions accumulate itj;jpUf;fpwJ vd;gJ xU nghUl;Nl my;y.
within you. If you repeat your acts of internal ve;j gphpTk; eP NjHT nra;jjy;y vd;W Ghpe;J
unity, nothing can detain you. nfhs;tNj cdf;F Kf;fpak;.

12.
xUq;fpizf;Fk; my;yJ Kuz;gl;l
nray;fs; cdf;Fs; Ftpe;J fplf;Fk;. Mf
mf xw;WikAld; eP njhlh;e;J nray;gl;lhy;>
vJTk; cd;id jLj;J epWj;j KbahJ.

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You will be like a force of Nature when it finds ,aw;ifapd; ghijapy; ve;j vjph;g;Gk;
no resistance in its path. Learn to distinguish ,y;yhjNghJ. ePq;fs; ,aw;ifapd; xU
a difficulty, a problem, an obstacle, from a Mw;wyhf ,Ug;gPh;fs;> xU Kuz;ghl;by;
contradiction. While those may move you or ,Ue;J xU njha;T> xU gpur;rid> xU
spur you on, contradiction traps you in a closed jilia NtWgLj;j fw;Wf;nfhs;Sq;fs;.
mit cq;fis ,af;Fk; NghJ my;yJ
circle with no way out.
cq;fisj; J}z;Lk; NghJ> Kuz;ghLfs;
Whenever you find great strength, joy, and cq;fis ntspNa nry;y Kbahj
kindness in your heart, or when you feel free tl;lj;jpw;Fs; milj;J itf;fpwJ.
and without contradictions, immediately be
vg;nghOjhfpYk; cq;fs; ,Ujaq;fspy;
internally thankful. When you find yourself in kpFe;j gyk;> kfpo;r;rp kw;Wk; ,uf;fk;
opposite circumstances, ask with faith, and the Mfpatw;iw ePq;fs; fhZk;Nghnjy;yhk;
gratitude you have accumulated will return to my;yJ ePq;fs; Kuz;ghL ,y;yhkhy;
you transformed and amplified in benefit. KOepiwthf czUk; NghJ> cldbahf
cs;shh;e;j ed;wpia njhptpAq;fs;. ePq;fs;
vjpu;kiwahd #o;epiyapy; ,Uf;Fk;;
NghJ> ek;gpf;ifAld; Nfl;lhy;. ePq;fs;
Nrh;j;Jitj;jpUf;Fk; ed;wpf;fld; kW
cUntLj;J cq;fis jpUg;jpgLj;jp>
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XIV. GUIDE TO THE INNER ROAD XIV. mfj;jpwT rhiyf;fhd
topf;fhl;b

If you understand what I have explained so ehd; ,Jtiu vij tpthpj;Njd; vd;gij
far, you can, through a simple exercise, readily ePq;fs; Ghpe;J nfhz;lhy;> xU vspikahd
experience the manifestation of the Force. It is gapw;rpapd; %yk; ePqf
; s; rf;jpapd; ntspg;ghl;il
cldbahf czuyhk;. ,Ug;gpDk;> ,J
not the same, however, to search for the correct
rhpahd kdepiyf;fhd Njliyg; Nghd;wJ
mental position (as if this were a question of my;y (,J xU El;gkhd Ntiyia
approaching a technical task) as it is to enter the mZFtJ Fwpj;j xU Nfs;tp Nghd;wJ)>
kind of emotional tone and openness that poetry Vnddpy; ,J ftpij ntspg;gLj;Jk;
inspires. The language used to transmit these czu;r;rp ngUf;F> ntspg;gilj;jd;ikia
truths, then, is intended to facilitate an attitude ,urpg;gJ Nghd;wJ MFk;. “cs;shh;e;j
that makes it easier to be in the presence of czh;T” Fwpj;j xU vz;zj;jpy; ,Ug;gij
internal perception, rather than in the presence tpl cs;shh;e;j czh;tpy; ,Ug;gJ vspJ
of an idea of “internal perception.” vd;w xU kdepiyia cUthf;f cjTk;>
cz;ikfis gug;GtNj ,e;j nkhopapd;
Now follow attentively what I will explain to Nehf;fkhFk;.
you, because it concerns the inner landscape you
may encounter when working with the Force, ,g;NghJ ehd; cq;fSf;F tpsf;Ftij
and the directions you can imprint on your ftdkhf NfSq;fs;> Vndd;why; mJ
mental movements. ePq;fs; rf;jpAld; nray;gLk; NghJ vjpu;gLk;
mfnrh&gk; kw;Wk; kd vOr;rpfspy;
gjpaf;$ba topf;fhl;Ljy;fSld;
njhlu;GilaJ.

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“On the inner road you may walk darkened or
luminous. Attend to the two roads that open
before you.
If you let your being cast itself toward dark
regions, your body wins the battle and it
dominates. Then, sensations and appearances of
spirits, of forces, of memories will arise. On this
road you descend further and further. Here dwell
Hatred, Vengeance, Strangeness, Possession,
Jealousy, and the Desire to Remain. Should you
descend even further you will be invaded by
Frustration, Resentment, and all those dreams
and desires that have brought ruin and death
upon humanity.
If you impel your being in a luminous direction,
you will find resistance and fatigue at every
step. There are things to blame for this fatigue
in the ascent. Your life weighs; your memories
weigh; your previous actions impede the ascent.
The climb is made difficult by the action of your
body, which tends to dominate.
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“mfj;jpwTf;fhd rhiyapy; ePq;fs; ,UspNyh
my;yJ xspapNyh elf;fyhk;. cq;fSf;F
Kd;ghf jpwe;Js;s ,uz;L rhiyfSf;Fk;
nry;yTk;;.
ePq;fs; ,Uz;l gFjpia Nehf;fp nrd;why;
cq;fsJ cly; me;j gaj;ij ntd;W
Mjpf;fk; nrYj;Jk;. gpwF> Mtp> rf;jp>
epidTfspd; czu;T kw;Wk; Njhw;wk; vOk;.
,t;topapy;;> ePq;fs; NkYk; NkYk; fPNoNehf;fp
gazpg;gPh;fs;. ,q;Fjhd; ntWg;G> gopthq;fy;>
me;epak;> Ml;nfhs;sy;> nghwhik>
Mfpatw;wpd ;kPJ gw;W Mfpait fhzg;gLk;.
ePq;fs; NkYk; fPo; Nehf;fp nry;Yk;NghJ>
Vkhw;wk;> kdf;frg;G kw;Wk; kdpjFyj;jpw;F
mopitAk; kuzj;ijAk; nfhz;LtUk;
fdTfSk; MirfSk; cq;fSf;F tUk;.
xU xspkakhd jpirapy; ePq;fs; gazpf;f
Kaw;rpf;Fk; NghJ> ePq;fs; vLj;J itf;Fk;
xt;nthU mbapYk; vjph;g;igAk; Nrhh;itAk;
fhz;gPh;fs;. Nky; Nehf;fpr; nry;Yk; NghJ
Vw;gLk; Nrhu;TfSf;F fhuzq;fs; cs;sJ.
cq;fsJ tho;f;ifAk; ghukhfpd;wd.
epidTfSk; ghukhfpd;wd Ke;ija
nray;fSk;> Nky; Nehf;fp nry;tjpy; jilia
Vw;gLj;Jfpd;wd. cq;fs; clypd; ,af;fk;
Nky; Nehf;fp nry;tij fbdkhf;FfpwJ.
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In the steps of the ascent you will find strange
regions of pure colors and unknown sounds.
Do not flee purification, which acts like fire and
horrifies with its phantoms.
Reject startling fears and disheartenment.
Reject the desire to flee toward low and dark
regions.
Reject the attachment to memories.
Remain in internal liberty, indifferent toward
the dream of the landscape, with resolution in
the ascent.
The pure light dawns in the summits of the
great mountain chains, and the waters-of-
a-thousand-colors flow amid unrecognizable
melodies toward crystalline plateaus and
prairies.
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NkNy Vwpr; nry;Yk; ghijapy;> J}a epwq;fs;
kw;Wk; mwpe;jpuhj rj;jq;fs; epiwe;j
tpNehjkhd gFjpfis ePq;fs; fhz;gPh;fs;.
neUg;G Nghy nray;gLk; kw;Wk; jdJ
khaj;Njhw;wj;jpdhy; gaKWj;JtJ Nghy;
cs;s J}a;ikg;gLj;Jjypy; ,Ue;J tpyfp
Xl Ntz;lhk;>
jpLf;fpLk; gaq;fs; kw;Wk; mtek;gpf;ifia
jtph;j;jpLq;fs;.
fPo;Nehf;fp kw;Wk; ,Uz;l gFjpfis Nehf;fp
Xl tpUk;Gtij jtph;j;jpLq;fs;.
epidTfSld; ,izf;fg;gl;bUg;gij
jtph;j;jpLq;fs;.
Mj;k nrh&gf; fhl;rpia Nehf;fp <Lghl;Lld;
Kd;Ndwpr; nry;Yk; jPHkhdj;Jld; mfr;
Rje;jpuj;jpy; epiyj;jpUf;fTk;.;
nghpa kiyj; njhlh;fspd; cr;rpfspy;
Gdpjkhd xsp cjpf;fpwJ> kw;Wk; milahsk;
fhz Kbahj ,d;dpirfSf;F kj;jpapy;
gbf gPlG+kpfs; kw;Wk; gwe;j Gy;ntspfspy;
vz;zw;w tz;zq;fspy; ePh; epiyfs;
gha;fpd;wd.
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Do not fear the pressure of the light, which mjd; ikaj;ij ePq;fs; neUq;Fk; NghJ
pushes against you with increasing strength the mjpfkhd typikAld; cq;fis vjpu;f;Fk;
closer you draw to its center. Absorb it as though xspapd; nrwpitf; fz;L gag;gl Ntz;lhk;>
it were a liquid or a wind, for certainly, in it is mij xU jputkhf my;yJ fhw;whf
life. <u;j;Jf;nfhs;Sq;fs;> epr;rakhf mjpy;
capuhw;wy; ,Uf;Fk;.
When you find the hidden city in the great
mountain chain you must know the entrance. nghpa kiyj; njhlhpy; kiwe;jpUf;Fk;
And you will know it in the moment your life xU efuj;ij ePq;fs; fz;lTld; mjd;
Eiothapiy ePq;fs; njhpe;Jnfhs;s
is transformed. Its enormous walls are written
Ntz;Lk;> me;j fzj;jpy; cq;fs;
in figures, are written in colors, are “sensed.” In tho;f;if cUkhw;wg;gLk; vd;gij ePq;fs;
this city are kept the done and the yet-to-be- mwpe;J nfhs;tPh;fs;. mjd; nghpa Rth;fs;
done. But for your inner eye the transparent is tbtq;fshy;> epwq;fshy; vOjg;gl;Ls;sd>
opaque. Yes, the walls are impenetrable for you! mit “czug;gl;Ls;sd.” ,e;j
efuj;jpy; nra;ag;gl;litAk;> nra;ag;gl
Take the Force of the hidden city. Return to the Ntz;baitfSk; cs;sd. cq;fs;
world of dense life with your brow and your cs;shh;e;j ghu;itf;F njspthdJ kq;fyhf
hands luminous.” njupfpwJ. Mkhk;> ,r;Rth;fs; Jisj;J
nry;y Kbahjitfshf ,Uf;fpd;wd!

kiwe;Js;s efuj;jpd; Mw;wiy

ntspf;nfhz;L tuTk;. cq;fs; iffs; kw;Wk;
new;wpapy; xspNahL ajhu;j;j tho;f;iff;F
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 XV. THE EXPERIENCE OF PEACE
AND THE PASSAGE OF THE FORCE
1. Completely relax your body and quiet your
mind. Then, imagine a transparent and
luminous sphere that descends toward you
until it comes to rest in your heart. In that
moment you will recognize that the sphere
ceases to appear as an image and transforms
into a sensation within your chest.
2. Observe how the sensation of the sphere
slowly expands from your heart toward the
outside of your body, while your breathing
becomes fuller and deeper. When the
sensation reaches the limits of your body you
may stop there and register the experience
of internal peace. You may remain there as
long as you feel is appropriate. To conclude
the exercise, calm and renewed, reverse the
previous expansion, until arriving, as in the
beginning, at your heart, and finally releasing
the sphere. This work is called the experience
of peace.
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XV. mikjpapd; mDgtk;
kw;Wk; rf;jpapd; ghij
1. cq;fs; cliy KOtJkhf jsh;j;Jq;fs;
kw;Wk; cq;fs; kdij mikjpg;gLj;Jq;fs;.
mjd;gpd; cq;fis Nehf;fp tUk; njspthd
xsp tl;lk; cq;fs; ,jaj;jpw;F tUk; tiu
mij fw;gid nra;J ghh;f;fTk;. me;j fzk;
tl;lk; xU cUtk; Nghy; ,y;yhky; cq;fs;
khh;gpw;Fs; xU czh;thfj; Njhd;Wtij
ePq;fs; mwptPh;fs;.
2. tl;lj;jpd; czu;Tfs; nkJthf cq;fs;
,jaj;jpypUe;J clypw;F ntspNa vt;thW
tpuptilfpwJ vd;gij ftdpAq;fs;
mg;nghOJ cq;fs; Rthrk; KOikahfTk;
MokhfTk; ,Uf;Fk;. czh;Tfs; cq;fs;
clypd; vy;iyia milAk; NghJ> ePq;fs;
mq;F epWj;jp> cs;shh;e;j mikjpapd;
mDgtj;ij gjpT nra;ayhk;. mJ
rhpahdJjhd; vd czUk; tiu ePq;fs;
mq;NfNa ,Uf;fyhk;. mikjpahf kPz;Lk;
njhlu;e;J ,e;j gapw;rpia Kbf;f> cq;fs;
,Ujak; njhlf;fj;jpy; ,Ue;jJ Nghd;w
epiyf;F tUk; tiu Ke;ija tpupthf;fj;ij
jiyfPohf nra;J ,Wjpahf tl;lj;ij
tpLtpf;fTk;. ,r;nray; mikjpapd;; mDgtk;
vd miof;fg;gLfpwJ.
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3. Should you instead wish to experience the 3. mjw;F gjpyhf ePq;fs; rf;jpapd; nray;ghl;il
passage of the Force, you must increase the czu tpUk;gpdhy;> mij jiyfPohf
expansion rather than reversing it, allowing nra;ahky; tphpthf;fj;ij mjpfhpf;fTk;>
your emotions and your whole being to cq;fs; czh;TfisAk;> cly; KOtijAk;
follow along. Do not try to pay attention mij gpd;gw;w mDkjpAq;fs;. cq;fs;
Rthrj;jpy; ftdk; nrYj;jhjPu;fs;. cq;fs;
to your breathing; let it act by itself while
clypy; ntspg;Gwkhf tphpthf;fk; eilngWk;
you follow the expansion outward from your
mJ RakhfNt nray;gll;Lk;.
body.

4. Let me repeat: Your attention at such 4. ehd; kWgbAk; nrhy;fpNwd;: ,JNghd;w

jUzq;fspy; cq;fs; ftdk; tpuptilAk;
moments must be on the sensation of the
tl;lj;jpd; czh;Tfspy; ,Uf;f Ntz;Lk;.
expanding sphere. If you are unable to
,ij ePq;fs; mila Kbatpy;iy vd;why;>
achieve this, it is advisable that you stop and ePq;fs; mij epWj;jptpl;L kw;nwhU
try again another time. In any case, even if Kiw kPz;Lk; Kaw;rpf;f Ntz;Lk; vd
you do not produce the passage of the Force mwpTWj;jg;gLfpwJ. vg;gb MapDk;
you will be able to experience an interesting cq;fshy; rf;jpapd; nray;ghl;il cUthf;f
sensation of peace. Kbatpy;iy vd;whYk;> cq;fshy;
mikjpapd; Rtu];akhd czh;it
5. If, however, you go further, you will begin mDgtpf;f KbAk;.
to experience the passage of the Force.
The sensations from your hands and other 5. ,Ug;gpDk;> ePq;fs; NkYk; njhlu;e;J nrd;why;>
areas of your body will have a different tone rf;jpapd; nray;ghl;il mDgtpf;fj;
than usual. Later you may notice increasing njhlq;FtPu;fs;. cq;fs; iffs; kw;Wk;
undulations, and in a short while vivid cq;fs; clypd; gpw ghfq;fspy; cs;s
images and powerful emotions may arise. czh;Tfs; tof;fj;ij tpl NtWgl;;bUf;Fk;.
Allow the passage to take place... gpd;dh; kdmiyfs; mjpfhpg;gij ePq;fs;

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6. Upon receiving the Force, you will, depending
upon your habitual mode of representation,
perceive the light or strange sounds. In any
case, what is important is that you experience
an amplification of consciousness, among
whose indicators are a greater lucidity and
a disposition to understand what is taking
place.
7. If this singular state has not faded with the
passage of time, you can bring it to an end
whenever you wish by imagining or feeling
that the sphere contracts and then leaves you
in the same way it arrived in the beginning.
8. It is interesting to recognize that many
altered states of consciousness have been and
almost always are achieved through the use
of mechanisms similar to those described.
These may be disguised, however, by strange
rituals, or at times reinforced by practices
involving extreme fatigue, unbridled motor
activity, repetition, and postures that alter the
breathing and distort the general sensation
of the intrabody. In this domain you should
also recognize hypnosis, mediumistic
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ftdpf;fyhk;> rpwpJ Neuj;jpy; caph;g;Gs;s
cUtq;fSk; rf;jptha;e;j czh;r;rpfSk;
Njhd;wyhk;. ,e;j nray;ghL eilngw
mDkjpAq;fs;.
6. rf;jpia ngWtjd; %yk;> cq;fs; gof;f
tof;fj;ij nghWj;J ePq;fs; xspia my;yJ
tpNehjkhd rj;jq;fis czh;tPh;fs;.
vg;gbahapDk;> ePq;fs; czu;T epiyapd;
ngUf;fj;ij miltJjhd; Kf;fpak;> mjpf
cs njspTk; Gupe;Jnfhs;Sk; jd;ikAk;
mjd; mwpFwpahFk;.
7. ,e;j mupaepiy fhyNghf;fpy; kiwatpy;iy
vdpy;> me;j tl;lk; RUq;fp Muk;g epiyf;Nf
nry;tijNghy; fw;gid nra;tjd; my;yJ
czu;tjd; %yk; vg;nghOJ Ntz;LkhdYk;
mij epWj;jpf;nfhs;syhk;.
8. czu;Tepiyapd; gy khWgl;l epiyfis
miltjw;F ,JNghd;w topfis
gpd;gw;Wtjd; %yk; milayhk; vd
mwptJ tpag;ghfTs;sJ. ,Ug;gpDk;> ,it
tpj;jpahrkhd rlq;Ffs;> eilKiw gof;f
tof;fq;fs;> msTf;fjpfkhd Nrhu;it
cz;lhf;Fk;> ,af;f nray;ghL> jpUk;gp
nra;jy;> Rthrj;ij khw;Wk; epiy> cs;shu;e;j
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 activity, and the effects of drugs, all of which,
though they act through a different pathway,
produce similar alterations. Characteristic of
all these cases is an absence of control and a
lack of awareness of what is taking place. Do
not trust such manifestations, and consider
them nothing more than “trances” such as
those through which dabblers, the ignorant,
and (according to legend) even the “saints”
have passed.
9. Even if you have followed these
recommendations, you may still have been
unable to produce the passage of the Force.
This should not become a source of concern,
however. Simply take it as an indicator of
a lack of internal “letting go” which may
reflect excessive tensions or problems with
the dynamics of the images and, in sum,
a fragmentation of emotional behavior...
Something that will, moreover, also be
present in your daily life.
clypd; nghJ czu;T vd ngha;ahd
Njhw;wj;jpd; %yk; nrhy;yg;gLfpd;wd. ,e;j
gFjpapy; mwpJapy; epiy (`pg;dh]p];)> Mtp
cyfj;Jld; njhlu;G> Nghij kUe;Jfspd;
tpisTfs; gw;wp ePq;fs; njupe;Jnfhs;s
Ntz;Lk;> ,it midj;Jk; ntt;NtW
topapy; nray;gl;lhYk; xNu khw;wq;fisNa
cz;lhf;Ffpd;wd. fl;Lg;ghbd;ik kw;Wk;
vd;d elf;fpwJ vd;gJ Fwpj;j tpopg;Gzh;T
,y;yhjjhy; ,e;j epfo;Tfs; elf;fpd;wd.
,JNghd;w ntspg;ghLfis ek;g Ntz;lhk;>
,J “nka; kwe;j (gutr) epiy” Nghy;
jhd;> ,jd; topahf nghOJNghf;Fgth;fs;>
mwpahikapy; cs;sth;fs; kw;Wk;
(Guhzq;fspd; gb) “JwtpfSk;” fle;J
te;jpUf;fpwhh;fs;.
9. ,e;j ghpe;Jiufisg; ePq;fs; gpd;gw;wpAk;>
rf;jpapd; nray;ghl;il ePq;fs; ,d;Dk;
cUthf;f KbahkYk; ,Ue;jpUf;fyhk;.
,Ug;gpDk;> ,J ftiyf;fhd xU fhuzkhff;
$lhJ. ,J cs; kdjpy; “tpLtp” vd;w
czu;T kdepiy ,y;yhj fhuzj;jpid
vLj;Jf;fhl;LfpwJ. ,J mjpfg;gbahd
gjl;lq;fs; my;yJ gpur;ridfs;> vz;zr;
rpjwy;fSf;F md;whl tho;tpd; fhuzpfshf
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 XVI. PROJECTION OF THE FORCE XVI. rf;jpia ntspg;gLj;Jjy;

1. If you have experienced the passage of the
Force, you will be able to understand how,
based on similar experiences but without
understanding, various peoples went on to
develop rites and cults that later multiplied
endlessly. Through experiences like those
previously described there were some who
felt that their bodies had “doubled,” and
the experience of the Force gave them the
sensation that they could project this energy
outside themselves.
1. mNj Nghd;w mDgtj;Jld; Mdhy; Gupe;J
nfhs;shky;> rf;jpapd;; nray;ghl;il
ePq;fs; czu;e;jpUe;jhy;> cq;fshy; gy;NtW
kf;fs; vt;thW rlq;FfisAk;> topghl;L
kuGfisAk; cUthf;Ffpwhu;fs; gpwF mJ
Kbtpy;yhky; gd;klq;F ngUFtijAk;
Gupe;Jnfhs;s KbAk;. Kd;G tpthpj;jJ
Nghd;w czu;Tfs; %yk;> jq;fs; cly;fis
‘,ul;bg;ghf” czh;e;jtu;fs; rpyh; ,Ue;jdh;
NkYk; rf;jpapd; mDgtkhdJ mth;fSf;F
Mw;wiy jq;fSf;F ntspNa ntspg;gLj;j
KbAk; vd;w czh;it mspj;jJ.

2. The Force could be “projected” to others and 2. rf;jpia kw;wth;fsplKk;> mij cs;thq;fp
also to objects particularly “suited” to receive Nrkpj;J itf;f $Lk; “nghUj;jkhd”
and conserve it. I trust it will not be difficult nghUl;fsplk; “ntspg;gLj;jyhk;”. gy;NtW
for you to understand the function filled by kjq;fspd; Gdpjr; rlq;Ffs; epuk;gpa
the sacraments of various religions, as well nray;ghL> NkYk; me;j Gdpj ];jyq;fspd;
as the significance of those sacred places and Kf;fpaj;Jtk; kw;Wk; rf;jpapdhy; “jpwd;
priests supposedly “charged” with the Force. ngw;w” FUf;fis Ghpe;Jnfhs;tJ
When certain objects were surrounded with cq;fSf;F rpukkhf ,Uf;fhJ vd;W ehd;
ceremonies and rites and worshipped with ek;GfpNwd;. rpy nghUl;fs; rlq;FfshYk;

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 faith in temples, surely they “gave back” to the
believers the energy accumulated through
repeated prayer. Since fundamental internal
experience is essential to understanding in
these matters, attempts at understanding
based, as is normally the case, solely on
externals, whether cultural, geographical,
historical, or traditional, reveal a limitation
in our knowledge of human realities.
3. “Projecting,” “charging,” and “replenishing”
the Force are subjects to which we will
return later. For now let me say that this
same mechanism continues to operate even
in desacralized societies, where leaders and
others imbued with prestige are surrounded
by a special aura in the eyes of those who
would like to see them, “touch” them, acquire
a scrap of their clothing, or their possessions.
4. This occurs because all representations of the
“heights” extend from eye level upward, above
the normal line of sight. And the “higher-ups”
are those who “possess” kindness, wisdom,
and strength. There, in the “heights” above,
we also find the hierarchies, the powers that
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rlq;fhr;rhuq;fshYk; rk;gpujhaq;fSk;
#og;gl;L Myaq;fspy;; topg;gLk; NghJ>
mg;nghUl;fs; njhlh; gpuhh;j;jidapd;
%yk; Nrkpf;fg;gl;l Mw;wiy gf;ju;fSf;F
“jpUk;gf; nfhLf;fpwJ”. ,e;j tp\aq;fis
Ghpe;Jnfhs;tjw;F mbg;gilahd cs;shh;e;j
mDgtk; mtrpak; Vnddpy;> tof;fkhf
fyhr;rhu> Gtpapay;> tuyhw;W my;yJ
ghuk;ghpak; Nghd;wtw;wpy; kdpjDf;F XusT
mwpT cs;sJ.
3. rf;jpia “ntspg;gLj;Jjy;>” “Cl;lkspj;jy;”
kw;Wk; “kPz;Lk; epug;Gjy;” Mfpait Fwpj;J
gpd;dh; mwpe;Jnfhs;Nthk;. jiytu;fs;
kw;Wk; nry;thf;F cs;stu;fis ghh;f;f>
“njhl” kw;Wk; mtu;fSila Jzp my;yJ
clikfspd; xU rpW gFjpia ngw
tpUk;Gtu;fspd; fz;fspy; ,tu;fs; xU
rpwg;G xsp tl;lj;jhy; #og;gl;ltu;fshf
njupfpwhu;fs;. kjkw;w rKjhaq;fspYk;
,Nj Kiwjhd; njhlu;e;J gpd;gw;wg;gLfpwJ
vd;gij kl;Lk; ,g;NghJ $WfpNwd;.
4. tof;fkhd ghh;itf; Nfhl;bw;F NkNy jhd;
“cauq;fs;” tu;zpf;fg;gLtjpdhy; ,J
Vw;gLfpwJ. md;G> Qhdk; kw;Wk; typik
Mfpatw;iw cilath;fs; “cah;e;jth;fs;”
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be, and the flags of State. And we, ordinary
mortals, must at all costs “ascend” the social
ladder in order to draw closer to power.
What a sorry state we are in, still governed
by these mechanisms that coincide with our
internal representation, in which our heads
are in the “heights” and our feet stuck on the
ground. What an unhappy state we are in,
when we believe in these things, and believe
in them because they have their own “reality”
in our internal representation. What a sorry
state we are in, when our external look is
nothing but an unacknowledged projection
of the internal.
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Mthh;fs;. NkNyAs;s “cauq;fspy;”>
FU tk;rq;fs;> rf;jpfs; kw;Wk; ehl;bd;
nfhbfis ehk; fhz;fpNwhk;. NkYk;> rhjhuz
kdpjh;fs; r%f me;j];j;ijg; ngw Jbg;Gld;
mjpfhuj;ij Nehf;fp Kd;NdWfpd;wdu; vd;d
xU tUe;jj;jf;f epiyapy; ehk; cs;Nshk;.
ekJ jiyfs; “cauj;jpYk;” ekJ fhy;fs;
G+kpapYk; rpf;fpAs;sJ. ,J ekJ cs;shh;e;j
vz;zj;ij gpujpgypf;fpwJ. vd;d xU
Nrhf epiyapy; ehk; cs;Nshk;. ehk; ,ij
ek;Gfpd;Nwhk; VNddpy; cs; czu;Tfspy;
,jw;fhd ajhu;j;jk; cs;sJ vd;d xU
tUe;jj;jf;f epiyapy; ehk; cs;Nshk; ek;
cs; kdj;jpd; Njhw;wj;ijNa ntspAyfpy;
fhz;fpd;Nwhk;.
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 XVII. LOSS AND REPRESSION
OF THE FORCE
1. The greatest discharges of energy occur 1. jilaw;w
through uncontrolled acts, including
unbridled imagination, unchecked curiosity,
immoderate small talk, excessive sexuality,
and exaggerated perception (looking,
listening, tasting, and so on in an aimless
and excessive manner). But you should
also recognize that many act in these ways
because it allows them to discharge tensions
that would otherwise be painful. All things
considered, and given the function served
by these discharges, I am sure you will agree
with me that it is not reasonable to repress
them but rather to give order to them.
2. As for sexuality, you must interpret this
correctly: This function must not be repressed
because that will only cause torment and 2.
internal contradiction. Sexuality directs itself
toward and concludes in the act itself, and it
is not useful that it continues affecting the
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XVII. rf;jpapd;; ,og;G kw;Wk;
xLf;Fjy;
fw;gid> fl;Lg;ghbypy;yhj
Mh;tk;> msTf;F kPwpa Njitaw;w
Ngr;Rfs;> msTf;fjpfkhd ghYzh;T kw;Wk;
kpifg;gLj;jg;gl;l GyDzu;T - ghh;j;jy;>
Nfl;ly;> Ritj;jy; Nghd;w Fwpf;Nfhspy;yhj
fl;Lg;ghlw;w nray;fs; %yk; ngUkstpyhd
Mw;wy; ntspNaWfpd;wJ. kd cisr;riy
Vw;gLj;Jk;> gjl;lq;fis Fiwf;f ,J
mth;fSf;F cjTfpwJ Mjyhy; gyh; ,e;j
topfis gpd;gw;Wfpwhu;fs; vd;gij ePq;fs;
njhpe;Jnfhs;s Ntz;Lk;> midj;ijAk;
fUj;jpy;nfhz;L> ,e;j ntspNaw;wq;fspd;
nray;ghLfs; gw;wp Fwpg;gpl;lgpd;;> mtw;iw
xLf;FtJ epahakhdJ my;y Mdhy;
mjw;F gjpyhf mjw;F fl;lisaplyhk;
vd;gjw;F vd;NdhL xj;Jg; NghtPh;fs; vd;W
ehd; ek;GfpNwd;.
ghYzh;itg; nghWj;jtiu> ePq;fs;
,ij rhpahf Gupe;Jnfhs;s Ntz;Lk;:
,e;j nray;ghl;by; mlf;FKiw $lhJ>
Vndd;why; mJ kdNtjidAk;> cs;shh;e;j
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 imagination, or is expressed as an obsessive
search for a new object of possession.
3. The control of sex by a particular social or
religious “morality” has served purposes that
had nothing to do with evolution, but the
contrary.
4. In repressed societies, the Force (the energy
of the representation of the sensation
of the intrabody) turned back toward
the crepuscular. In those societies, cases
increased of the “possessed,” of “witches,” of
the sacrilegious, and of criminals of all kinds
who rejoiced in suffering and the destruction
of life and beauty. In some tribes and
civilizations the criminals were to be found
among both the accusers and the accused. In
other cases all that was science and progress
was persecuted because it opposed the
irrational, the crepuscular, and the repressed.
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Kuz;ghl;ilAk; kl;LNk Vw;gLj;Jk;.
ghYzh;T jd;id jhNd topelj;JfpwJ
gpd;du; jhdhfNt KbtilfpwJ> NkYk;
,J fw;gidia njhlh;e;J ghjpg;gjhy;
,J gadw;wJ my;yJ ,J xU Gjpa
nghUis miltjw;fhd xU jPtpu Njlyhf
ntspg;gLfpwJ.
3. xU Fwpg;gpl;l r%f my;yJ kj “newpKiw”
%yk; ghYzh;it fl;Lg;gLj;Jtjpd; Nehf;fk;
gupzhkj;Jld; rk;ge;jg;gl;ljy;y> Mdhy;
mjw;F vjpu;kiwahdJ.
4. xLf;fg;gl;l r%fq;fspy;> rf;jpahdJ
(cs;shh;e;j czh;it Fwpf;Fk; Mw;wy;)
gpw;Nghf;F vz;zj;ij Nehf;fp jpUk;gpaJ.
me;j r%fq;fspy;> “Nga; gpbj;jth;fs;>”
“#dpaf;fhuh;fs;>” “kj epe;jidahsh;fs;”
tho;f;if kw;Wk; mofpd; moptpy;> Jauj;jpy;
kfpo;r;rpailAk; midj;J Fw;wthspfSk;
ngUfptpl;ldh;. rpy goq;Fbfs; kw;Wk; ehfhpf
cyfpy;> Fw;wk; rhl;Lgtu; kw;Wk; Fw;wk;
rhl;lg;gl;lth;fs; kj;jpaYk; Fw;wthspfs;
fhzg;gl;ldh;. gpw re;jh;g;gq;fspy;> mwptpay;
kw;Wk; Kd;Ndw;wk; midj;Jk; xLf;fg;gl;ld>
Vndd;why; mJ gFj;jwptpd;ik>
gpw;Nghf;Fj;jdk; kw;Wk; mlf;FKiwia
vjph;j;jJ.
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5. The repression of sex still exists among certain
so-called “primitive peoples,” just as it does
in other so-called “advanced civilizations.” It
is evident that although the origins of these
two situations may differ, both are marked
by great destructiveness.
6. If you ask me to explain further, I will tell you
that in reality sex is sacred, and it is the center
from which all life and creativity springs, just
as it is from there that all destruction arises
when issues about its functioning are not
resolved.
7. Never believe the lies of the poisoners of life
when they refer to sex as despicable. On the
contrary, in it is beauty, and not in vain is it
related to the best feelings of love.
8. Be careful, then, and consider sex a great
wonder, which must be treated with
care, without turning it into a source of
contradiction or disintegration of vital
energy.
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5. gpw “tsu;r;rp ngw;w ehfhpf cyfpy;”; elg;gJ
NghyNt> “goq;fhy kf;fspd;” kj;jpapy;
,d;Dk; ghypay; mlf;FKiw ,Ue;J tUfpwJ.
,e;j ,uz;L #o;epiyfspd; Njhw;wq;fSk;
NtWgl;ljhf ,Ue;jhYk;> ,uz;Lk; ngUk;
mopTfshy; Fwpg;gplg;gLfpd;wd vd;gJ
njspthfpwJ.
6. NkYk; tptukhf $Wq;fs; vd ePq;fs;
vd;dplk; Nfl;Lf; nfhz;lhy;> ghYzh;T
vd;gJ cz;ikapy; GdpjkhdJ vd;Wk;
midj;J caph;fSk; gilg;GfSk;
cUthFk; ikakhf ,Uf;fpwJ vd;Wk; ehd;
cq;fsplk; nrhy;Ntd;. mJ NghyNt mjd;
nray;ghL Fwpj;j gpur;ridfs; jPh;f;fg;glhj
NghJ mq;fpUe;Jjhd; midj;J mopTfSk;
cUthfpd;wd.
7.
ghYzh;it ntWf;fj;jf;fjhf Fwpg;gpLk;
tp\kpfspd; ngha;fis ePq;fs; xUNghJk;
ek;g Ntz;lhk;. khwhf> mjpy; moF
,Uf;fpwJ> mJ tPz; fhhpak; my;y NkYk;
mJ md;gpd;; rpwe;j czh;thf ,Uf;fpwJ.
8. mg;gbahdhy;> ftdkhf ,Uq;fs; kw;Wk;
ghYzh;it xU rpwe;j mw;Gjkhf fUJq;fs;>
Kuz;ghL my;yJ Kf;fpa Mw;wy; rpijahky;
,ij ftdkhf ifahs Ntz;Lk;.
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 XVIII. ACTION AND REACTION XVIII.rf;jpapd;; nray;ghL
OF THE FORCE
kw;Wk; vjph;tpid

Earlier I explained to you: “Whenever you find
great strength, joy, and kindness in your heart,
or when you feel free and without contradictions,
immediately be internally thankful.”
1. “To be thankful” means to concentrate these
positive moods and to associate them with
an image, with a representation. If you have
previously linked positive states in this way,
you can, upon finding yourself in a difficult
situation, evoke that representation, and
along with it will arise the positive quality
that accompanied it earlier. Furthermore,
since this mental “charge” has been increased
through previous repetitions, it is capable of
displacing the negative emotions that certain
situations can impose.
ehd; Kd;Ng cq;fSf;F tpsf;fpagb:
“vg;nghOjhfpYk; cq;fs; cs;czu;tpy;;
kpFe;j gyk;> kfpo;r;rp kw;Wk; ,uf;fk;
Mfpatw;iw ePq;fs; fhZk;Nghnjy;yhk;
my;yJ ePq;fs; Kuz;ghL ,y;yhkhy;
KOepiwthf czUk; NghJ> cldbahf
ed;wpia czUq;fs;.”
1. “ed;wpAzu;T” vd;why; ,e;j Neu;kiwahd
kdepiyapd; ftdk; cUtikg;gpy;
,Uf;f Ntz;Lk; kw;Wk; cUtikg;Gld;
mtw;iw njhlh;Gg;gLj;j Ntz;Lk;. ,e;j
topapy; Neu;kiwahd epiyAld; ePq;fs;
Kd;G ,ize;jpUe;jhy;> ePq;fs; fbdkhd
#o;epiyapy; ,Uf;Fk;NghJ me;j ghtpg;ig
ntspf;nfhzUq;fs;> NkYk; mjDld;
Nrh;e;J Kd;G Vw;gl;l Neu;kiwahd
kdepiyj; Njhd;Wk;. NkYk; Ke;ija
kWgad;ghLfspdhy; ,e;j cs;Mw;wy;
mjpfupj;Js;sJ> ,jdhy; rpy #o;epiyfspy;
cUthff;$ba vjph;kiwahd czh;Tfis
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2. Thus, whatever you ask for will return from 2. vdNt>
within you amplified in benefit as long
as you have accumulated within yourself
numerous positive states. By now it should
be unnecessary to repeat that, believing they
would respond to prayers and supplication,
this mechanism has long been used (though
in confused ways) to “charge” external objects
or persons, as well as internal entities that
have been “projected.”
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cq;fSf;Fs; gy Neh;kiwahd
epiyfs; ,Uf;Fk; tiu> ePq;fs; Nfl;gnjy;yhk;
cq;fsps; cs;spUe;Nj gydhf ngUFk;.
gpuhh;j;jidfSf;Fk; Ntz;Ljy;fSf;Fk;
mit gjpyspf;Fk; vd;gij ek;gp> mtw;iw
kWgbAk; nra;tJ ,g;NghJ Njitaw;wjhFk;.
ntspg;Gw nghUl;fs; my;yJ egu;fs;>
mj;Jld; ntspg;gLj;jg;gl;l cUnghUs;fis
“rf;jpa+l;l” (Fog;gkhd topKiwfshf
,Ue;jhYk;) ,e;j Kiw ePz;l fhykhf
gad;gLj;jg;gl;L tUfpwJ.
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 XIX. THE INTERNAL STATES XIX. mf epiyfs;

You must now gain sufficient insight into the ,g;NghJ ePq;fs; cq;fs; tho;f;ifapy;
various internal states you may find yourself fhzg;Nghfpd;w gy;NtW mf epiyfs; gw;wp
in throughout the course of your life, and NghJkhd mwpitg; ngw Ntz;Lk;> Fwpg;ghf
particularly in the course of your evolutionary cq;fs; ghpzhkg; Nghf;fpy; fhzf; $baitg;
work. I have no way to describe these states except gw;wp mwpaNtz;Lk;. ,e;j epiyfis
cUtfg; gLj;jhky; Ntnwe;j topapYk;
by using images, in this case allegorical ones.
vd;dhy; tptupf;f ,ayhJ. kNdhghtq;fs;>
These seem to me to have the virtue of “visually” kdepiyfis cUtfq;fshf ghu;g;gJ
concentrating complex states and moods. The jhd; rup vd vdf;F Njhd;WfpwJ. ,e;j
unusual approach of linking these states to one epiyfs; xd;Wf;nfhd;W njhlu;Gila
another as if they were distinct moments in nray;ghl;bd; njhlu;r;rpNa. mrhjhuzkhd
a single process introduces a departure from mZFKiwapdhy; tof;fkhf ,ij tptupj;J
the typically fragmented descriptions to which te;jtu;fspd; njhlu;gw;w tpsf;fq;fspypUe;J
we have become accustomed from those who khWgl;lJ.
normally deal with such things.
1. ehd; Kd;G Fwpg;gpl;lJ Nghy> Kjy;
1. As I mentioned earlier, in the first state, epiyapy;> mh;j;jkw;w epiy guTfpwJ> ,J
known as Diffuse Vitality, non-meaning rpjykile;j capu;epiy vd mwpag;gLk;.
prevails. Here, everything is oriented by ,q;Nf> midj;JNk rhPu hPjpahd
physical needs, though these are often NjitfisNa rhh;e;jpUf;fpd;wd> ,it
confused with contradictory images and ngUk;ghYk; Kuz;ghlhd cUtfq;fs;
desires. Here, both motives and all that is kw;Wk; Mirfshy; Fog;gg;gLfpd;wd.
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 done are shrouded in darkness. In this state kiwf;fg;gLfpd;wd. ,e;j epiyapy; ePq;fs;
you simply vegetate, lost among changing nrayw;w tho;f;ifia elj;JfpwPu;fs;>
forms. From this point you can evolve only khw;wq;fspy; ];jk;gpj;J fhzhky;
by following one of two paths: the way of Ngha;tpLfpwPh;fs;. ,e;j epiyapypUe;J
Death or the way of Mutation. ntspNaw ePq;fs; kuz ghij my;yJ
khw;wj;jpw;fhd ghijapy; VNjDk; xd;iw
2. The path of Death puts you in the presence kl;LNk njhlu Ntz;Lk;.
of a dark and chaotic landscape. The ancients
knew this passage and almost always located 2. kuz ghijahdJ cq;fis xU ,Uz;l
kw;Wk; Fog;gkhd ,lj;jpw;F nfhz;L
it “underground” or in the abysmal depths.
nry;fpwJ. ,e;j ghij gw;wp Kd;Ndhu;fs;
There are those who visited this kingdom,
mwpe;jpUe;jhu;fs; NkYk; ,J fp*yfj;jpYk;
to later “resurrect” in luminous levels. ghjhsj;jpYk; mike;jpUe;jJ. ,t;tplj;jpw;F
Understand well that “below” Death lies nrd;wth;fs; gpw;fhyj;jpy; xsp epiyfspy;
Diffuse Vitality. Perhaps the human mind “caph;j;njOfpwhh;fs;”. kuzj;jpd; fPo;
relates mortal disintegration to subsequent rpjykile;j capu;epiy cs;sJ vd;gij
phenomena of transformation; perhaps it ed;F Ghpe;J nfhs;Sq;fs;. kdpj vz;zj;jpd;
associates this diffuse movement with what khw;wj;jpw;fhd epfo;Tfis rpjykiltNjhL
takes place before birth. If your direction is njhlu;Gg;gLj;jyhk;. xUNtis ,e;j
that of ascent, “Death” signifies a break with nrwptw;w Mw;wiy gpwg;Gf;F Kd; elf;Fk;
your former stage. By taking the path of epfo;NthLk; njhlh;Gg;gLj;jyhk;.
Death you ascend to another state. cq;fs; Nehf;fk; Nky; Nehf;fpr; nry;tjhf
,Ue;jhy;> “,wg;G” cq;fs; Ke;ija epiyapy;
cs;s xU ,ilntspia Fwpg;gpLfpwJ.
kuzj;jpd; ghijia Njh;e;njLg;gjd; %yk;>
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3. Arriving here you find yourself at the refuge
of Regression. Two ways open from here:
One is the road of Repentance; the other,
which you used for the ascent, is the road of
Death. If you take the first road it is because
your decision tends to break with your past
life. If you go back along the road of Death
you fall again into the depths, with the
sensation of being trapped in a closed circle.
4. Earlier I told you that there is another path
you might take to escape from the abyss of
Vitality; it is the path of Mutation. If you
choose this road it is because you wish to
emerge from your unhappy state, but are
unwilling to abandon some of its apparent
benefits. It is, then, a false road known as
the “Twisted Hand.” Many are the monsters
who have emerged from the depths through
this tortuous passageway. They have wanted
to storm the heavens without abandoning
the hells, and consequently have projected
infinite contradiction into the middle world.
5. Let us suppose that by ascending from
the kingdom of Death and through your
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3. ePq;fs; ,q;Nf tUtjd; %yk; gpd;Ndhf;fp
nry;yNtz;lhk; vd;W czu;tPu;fs;;. ,uz;L
gijfs; ,q;Nf jpwf;fpd;wd: xd;W kdk;
khWtjw;fhd ghij kw;nwhd;W ePq;fs;
NkNywp te;j kuzj;jpd; ghij. Kjy;
ghijia ePq;fs; Njh;e;njLj;jhy;> ePq;fs;
cq;fs; fle;jfhy tho;f;ifapypUe;J
ntspNawj; jPu;khdpj;Js;sPu;fs;. kuzg;
ghijapy; ePq;fs; jpUk;gpr; nrd;why;> kPz;Lk;
tpOe;J xU Row;rpapy; rpf;fpaJ Nghy
czu;tPu;fs;.
4. jplkw;w Mw;wypypUe;J ntspNaWtjw;fhd
kw;nwhU ghij gw;wp ehd; Kd;G $wpNdd;;@ mJ
khw;wj;jpd; ghijahFk;. cq;fs; kfpo;r;rpaw;w
epiyapypUe;J ePq;fs; ntsptu tpUk;Gtjdhy;>
,e;j ghij ePq;fs; Njh;e;njLf;fpwPh;fs;>
mjd; ed;ikfs; rpytw;iw ePq;fs; iftpl
tpUk;gtpy;iy. vdNt> ,J “fl;bg;Nghl;l
iffs;” vDk; xU jtwhd ghij. ,e;j
fbdkhd ghij topahf NkNywp tUgtu;fs;
gyu; muf;fh;fshf ,Uf;fpd;wdh;. mth;fs;
eufj;ij iftplhky; nrhu;fj;ij jhf;f
tpUk;Gfpd;wdh;> ,jd; tpisthf cyfj;jpy;
vy;iyaw;w Kuz;ghLfs; cUthfpAs;sd.
5. kuzj;jpypUe;Jk; cq;fs; czh;TG+h;tkhd
kd khw;wj;jpypUe;Jk; Nky; Nehf;fp te;J
ePq;fs; ,g;nghOJ tpUg;gkhd trpg;gplj;ij
mile;Js;sPu;fs; vd epidj;Jnfhs;Nthk;.
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 conscious Repentance you have now reached ,uz;L FWfpa Nehf;fq;fs;> ghJfhg;G>
the dwelling of Tendency. Two narrow Njhy;tp ,q;Nf ,Uf;fpd;wd. ghJfhg;G vd;gJ
supports, Conservation and Frustration, jtwhdjhfTk; epiyaw;wjhfTk; ,Uf;fpwJ.
,e;j ghijia njhlu;e;jhy; epiyahf
sustain your dwelling. Conservation is false ,Uf;fpd;wPu;fs; vd;w khia Njhd;Wk; Mdhy;
and unstable; walking along this path you cz;ikapy; ePq;fs; Ntfkhf fPo;Nehf;fp
delude yourself with the idea of permanence, ,wq;FfpwPh;fs;. Njhy;tpapd; ghijia
but in reality you descend rapidly. Should Njh;e;njLj;jhy;> ePq;fs; Nky; Vwpr; nry;tJ
you take the path of Frustration your ascent fbdkhdjhf ,Uf;Fk; Mdhy; ,JNt
is arduous, but this path is the only-one-not- rupahd ghijahFk;.
false.
6.
gy Njhy;tpfSf;F gpwF> “tpyfypd;
,Ug;gplk;” vd miof;fg;gLk; mLj;j
6. After failure upon failure you can reach the
ghJfhg;ghd epiyia ePq;fs; milayhk;.
next resting place, called the “dwelling of ,g;NghJ cq;fSf;F Kd; cs;s ,uz;L
deviation.” Take care in choosing between ghijfis Njh;e;njLg;gjpy; ftdkhf
the two roads now before you. Either you ,Uq;fs;. ePq;fs; cWjpahd ghijia
take the road of Resolution, which carries Njh;e;njLj;jhy; mJ cUthf;fj;jpw;fhd
you to Generation, or you take that of Cf;fj;ij jUk; my;yJ fPo; Nehf;fp ,wq;Fk;
Resentment, which causes you to descend ghijia ePq;fs; Nju;e;njLj;jhy; mJ
cq;fSf;F kdfrg;igj; jUk;. ,q;Nf ePq;fs;
once more toward Regression. Here you face kw;nwhU Fog;gj;ij vjpu;nfhs;fpwPh;fs;:
another dilemma: Either you choose the cWjpNahL czh;Tg;G+h;tkhd tho;ifapd;
labyrinth of conscious life (and you do so rpf;fyhd ghijia ePq;fs; Njh;e;njLf;f
with Resolution) or you return, resentfully, Ntz;Lk; my;yJ kdf;frg;ghd cq;fSila
to your previous life. There are many who, at Ke;ija tho;iff;F jpUk;g Ntz;Lk;. jq;fs;
this point, unable to surpass themselves, cut tha;g;Gfis jtw tpl;L ,e;j ,lj;ij
jhz;l Kbahky; ,e;j epiyapNyNa gyh;
off their own possibilities.
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7. But you who have ascended with Resolution
now find yourself at the dwelling known as
Generation. Here you face three doors: one
called the Fall, another known as Intent,
and the third called Degradation. The Fall
carries you directly to the depths, and only
an external accident can push you toward
it; it is unlikely that you would choose that
door. The door of Degradation, however,
carries you indirectly to the abyss as you
retrace your steps in a sort of turbulent spiral
in which you continually reconsider all that
you have lost and all that you have sacrificed.
This examination of consciousness that
leads you to Degradation is surely a false
examination in which you underestimate
and disproportionately evaluate some of
what you are comparing. You compare the
effort of the ascent with those “benefits” you
have left behind. But if you examine things
more closely, you will see that you have not
abandoned anything for the ascent, but
rather for other reasons. Degradation begins,
then, when you misrepresent motives that
were not really related to the ascent. I ask
you now: What betrays the mind? Perhaps
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7. Mdhy; cWjpAld; NkNywpr; nrd;w ePq;fs;
cUthf;fk; vd miof;fg;gLk; ,Ug;gplj;jpy;
cq;fisf; fhzyhk;. ,q;Nf ePq;fs; %d;W
fjTfis vjph;nfhs;fpwPh;fs;: xd;W tPo;r;rp
vd miof;fg;gLfpwJ> kw;nwhd;W Nehf;fk;
vd miof;fg;gLfpwJ> %d;whtJ rPuopjy; vd
miof;fg;gLfpwJ. tPo;r;rpahdJ cq;fis
Neubahf Moj;jpw;F nfhz;L nry;fpwJ> xU
Gw tpgj;J kl;LNk ,ij Vw;gLj;Jk;@ ePq;fs;
me;j fjitj; Njh;e;njLg;gJ rhj;jpakpy;iy.
rPuopjy; vd;Dk; fjT cq;fis kiwKfkhf
nfhe;jspf;Fk; Roypd; Moj;jpw;F nfhz;L
nry;fpwJ. ePq;fs; te;j ghijia
jpUk;gpg; ghh;f;Fk; NghJ> ePq;fs; ,oe;jJ>
jpahfk; nra;jJ midj;ijAk;; njhlh;e;J
epidTgLj;Jk;. cq;fis mtkjpg;gpw;F
topelj;Jk; czh;Tg; ghpNrhjid vd;gJ>
,J xU jtwhd ghpNrhjidahFk;> ,jpy;
ePq;fs; xg;gpLk; rpytw;iw Fiwthf my;yJ
jtwhf kjpg;gpLfpwPh;fs;. ePq;fs; tpl;Lr;nrd;w
me;j “ed;ikfSld;” NkNywpr; nry;Yk;
Kaw;rpia xg;gpLfpwPh;fs;. Mdhy; ePq;fs;
ftdkhf Ma;T nra;jhy; ePq;fs; NkNywp
tUtjw;fhf my;y kw;w fhuzq;fSf;fhf
ePq;fs; midj;ijAk; jpahfk; nra;jPu;fs;.
NkNywpr; nry;tJld; njhlu;gw;w tp\
aq;fis njhlu;GTs;sjhf vLj;Jf;nfhs;Sk;
NghJ mtkjpg;G cz;lhfpwJ. ehd;
,g;NghJ cq;fsplk; Nfl;fpNwd;: kdij
jtwhf topelj;JtJ vJ? xUNtis mJ
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 it is the false motives of initial enthusiasm?
Perhaps it is the difficulty of the undertaking?
Perhaps it is the false memories of sacrifices
that never were, or that were made for other
reasons? Saying this I ask you now: Some
time ago your house burned down, and
because it did you chose the ascent. Or do
you now think that because of this ascent,
your house burned down? Have you perhaps
noticed what has happened to the other
houses around you? There is no doubt that
you must choose the middle door, that of
Intent.
8. Climbing the stairway of Intent you will
reach an unstable dome. From there, take
the narrow, winding passageway known as
Volubility until you reach a vast and empty
space like a platform, which bears the name
Open-Space-of-the-Energy.
9. In that open space you may be frightened
by the immense, deserted landscape and the
terrifying silence of this night, transfigured
by enormous and immobile stars. There,
directly over your head, you will see set in the
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Muk;gfl;l Mh;tj;jpd; jtwhd Nehf;fq;fsh?
xUNtis mJ nray;gLj;Jtjw;F rpukkhf
,Uf;FNkh? xUNtis mJ xUNghJk;
,y;yhj my;yJ gpw fhuzq;fSf;fhf
nra;ag;gl;l jpahfq;fspd; ngha;ahd
epidTfshf ,Uf;FNkh? ,ijf; $wp
ehd; ,g;NghJ cq;fsplk; Nfl;fpNwd;: rw;W
Neuj;jpw;F Kd;G cq;fs; tPL jPg;gw;wp vhpe;J
tpl;lJ> mjdhy; ePq;fs; NkNywp tUtij
Nju;e;njLj;jPu;fs;. my;yJ ,e;j Vw;wj;jpd;
fhuzkhf cq;fs; tPL vhpe;J tpl;lJ vd
ePq;fs; ,d;Dk; epidf;fpwPh;fsh? my;yJ
xUNtis cq;fisr; Rw;wpAs;s kw;w tPLfs;
vd;d MdJ vd ftdpj;jPu;fsh? re;Njfk;
,y;yhky; ePq;fs; Nehf;fk; vd;w eLtpy;
cs;s fjit Nju;e;njLf;f Ntz;Lk;.
8. Nehf;fk; vd;w topapy; NkNywpr; nrd;why; xU
epiyaw;w tpjhdj;ij ePq;fs; miltPh;fs;.
mq;fpUe;J xU FWfp>; tise;j cWjpaw;w
ghijia fle;J nrd;why; xU gue;j
fhypahd jsj;ij ePq;fs; miltPu;fs;>
,t;tplk; Mw;wypd; jpwe;j ntsp vd
miof;fg;gLk;.
9. me;j jpwe;jntspapy;> gue;j Ms;
elkhl;lkpy;yhj ,lk; kw;Wk; vz;zw;w
mirahj el;rj;jpu ,utpd; kahd
mikjpapdhy; ePq;fs; gae;jpUf;fyhk;. mq;Nf>
cq;fs; jiyf;F NkNy> thd kz;lyj;jpy;
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 firmament the suggestive form of the Black fUepyh Nghd;w tbtj;Jld; #hpaDf;F
Moon, a strange, eclipsed moon located Neh; vjpNu mike;Js;s xU tpNehjkhd
exactly opposite the Sun. Here you must re;jpu fpufiz ePq;fs; ghh;f;fyhk;.
,q;Nf tpbtjw;fhf ePq;fs; ek;gpf;ifAld;
await the dawn patiently and with faith, for mikjpahf fhj;jpUf;f Ntz;Lk;> ePq;fs;
nothing bad can happen if you remain calm. mikjpahf ,Ug;gjdhy; cq;fSf;F ghjpg;G
vJTk; Vw;glhJ.
10. You may, upon finding yourself in this
situation, want to arrange an immediate 10.
,e;j #o;epiyapy; ,Ue;J ePq;fs;
way out of there. However, should you cldbahf ntspNaw Kaw;rpf;fyhk;.
try to leave instead of prudently awaiting ,Ug;gpDk;> tpbaYf;fhf tpNtfj;Jld;
the day, you could end up blindly groping fhj;jpUg;gjw;Fg; gjpyhf ePq;fs; ntspNaw
Kaw;rpj;jhy;> ePq;fs; topia jtwtpl;L
your way anywhere. Remember that all
tpLtPu;fs;. cq;fsJ midj;J Kaw;rpfSk;
movement here (in the darkness) is false ,q;F (,Uspy;) jtwhFk;> ,J nghJthf
and is generically called Improvisation. If, ,l;Lf;fl;L vd miof;fg;gLfpwJ vd;gij
forgetting what I tell you now, you begin to epidtpy; nfhs;sTk;. ehd; ,g;NghJ
improvise movements, be certain that you cq;fsplk; nrhy;tij kwe;jpUe;jhy;> ePq;fs;
will be dragged by a whirlwind down paths ,l;Lfl;l KidtPu;fs;. #whtspapd; Roy;
and past dwellings to the darkest depths of fhw;wpdhy; gioa ,Ug;gplq;fs; topahf
,Uz;l Kbtpy;yh ghjhsj;jpw;f;F ,Oj;J
Dissolution. nry;yg;gLtPh;fs;.
11. How difficult it is to comprehend that the 11. mf epiyfs; xd;Wld; xd;W njhlh;Gilajhf
internal states are linked one to another! ,Uf;fpd;wd vd;gij fpufpj;Jf; nfhs;tJ
If you could see what inflexible logic the vt;tsT fbdkhf ,Uf;fpwJ! cs;czh;Tfs;
consciousness has, you would realize that vt;tpjkhd gpbthjj;ij nfhz;bUf;fpwJ
those who blindly improvise in this situation vd;gij czu;tPu;fshdhy; ,e;epiyapy;
inevitably begin to degrade themselves and fz;%bj;jdkhf ,l;Lf;fl;Lgtu;fs; jd;idAk;

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 others. Then, feelings of Frustration arise in
them, and later they fall into Resentment and
finally into Death, forgetting all that they
had at one moment managed to perceive.
12. If in that open space you manage to reach
the day, the radiant Sun will rise before your
eyes, illuminating reality for the first time.
Then you will see that in everything that
exists there lives a Plan.
13. It is unlikely that you will fall from here
unless you should voluntarily choose to
descend to obscure regions in order to carry
the light into the darkness.
It would not be useful to develop these subjects
further, because without experience they can
only mislead by transferring to the field of the
imaginary something that can actually be
achieved. May what has been said here be of
service to you. And if you do not find what has
been explained here useful, to what could you
object, since for skepticism nothing has any basis
or reason, it is like the image in a mirror, the
sound of an echo, the shadow of a shadow.
gpwiuAk; ,opTg;gLj;jj; Jtq;Fthh; vd
czu;tPu;fs;. mjd;gpd;> tpuf;jp czh;Tfs;
mth;fsplk; Njhd;Wfpd;wd> gpd;dh; xU
Neuj;jpy; mth;fs; Gupe;Jnfhz;lijAk;
kwe;J ntWg;Gzh;r;rpf;Fs; tpOe;J ,Wjpahf
kuzj;ij milfpd;wdu;.
12. me;j jpwe;j ntspapy; cq;fshy; tpbaiy
mila Kbe;jhy;> Kjy; Kiwahf
gpufhrkhd #hpad; cq;fs; fz;fs; Kd;
cjpj;J cz;ikia xspur; nra;Ak;. mq;Nf
cs;s midj;jpw;Fk; xU jpl;lk; ,Uf;fpwJ
vd;gij ePq;fs; czu;tPu;fs;.
13.
ntspr;rj;ij ,USf;Fs; nfhz;L
nry;tjw;fhf njsptw;w gFjpfSf;Fs;
,wq;fp nry;tij ePq;fNs KbT nra;ahj
tiu ePq;fs; ,q;fpUe;J ntsptu tha;g;gpy;iy.
,e;j tp\aq;fis NkYk; Nkk;gLj;JtJ
gaDs;sjhf ,Uf;fhJ> Vndd;why;
milaf; $ba xd;iw fw;gidahd epiy
vd;W mDgtk; ,y;yhjtu;fshy; jtwhf
topelj;jg;glyhk;. ,q;F nrhy;yg;gl;bUg;gJ
cq;fSf;F gaDs;sjhf ,Uf;fl;Lk;. ,q;Nf
tpthpf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ cq;fSf;F gaDs;sjhf
njhpatpy;iy vd;whYk; ,J mtek;gpf;if
vd ,ij vjpu;g;gjw;F cq;fsplk; tpsf;fk;
vJTkpy;iy. ,J xU fhz;zhbapYs;s
cUtk;> vjpnuhypapYs;s xU rj;jk; kw;Wk;
xU epoypd; epoy; Nghd;wjhFk;.

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 XX. INTERNAL REALITY XX. cs;Kf ep[j;jd;ik

1. Take note of my considerations. In them you 1. vdJ fUj;Jf;fis ftdpj;jpy; nfhs;f.

will not only intuit allegorical phenomena mtw;wpy; ePq;fs; ntspAyfj;jpd; cUtfkhd
and landscapes of the external world, but epfo;Tfs; kw;Wk; Mj;k nrh&gj;ij
you will also find true descriptions of the ghh;g;gJ kl;Lkpd;wp> kd cyfpd; rupahd
mental world. tpsf;fq;fisAk; fhz;gPu;fs;.

2. Nor should you believe that the “places” 2. cq;fs; gazj;jpy; ePq;fs; fle;J
through which you pass in your journey have nry;Yk; “,lq;fspy;” xU tifahd
some sort of independent existence. Such Rje;jpuk; ,Uf;Fk;; vd ePq;fs; ek;gf;
$lhJ. ,JNghd;w Fog;gk; ngUk;ghYk;
confusion has often obscured profound
Mokhd Nghjidfis kiwj;J tpLfpwJ>
teachings, and even today there are some
NkYk; ,d;Wk; nrhu;f;fk;> eufk;> Njtu;fs;>
who believe that the heavens, hells, angels, Nga;fs;> muf;fh;fs;> ke;jpu Nfhl;ilfs;>
devils, monsters, enchanted castles, distant njhiyJ}u efuq;fs; Nghd;wtw;iw ek;Gfpw rpy
cities, and the rest have visible reality for kf;fs; ,Uf;fpd;wdh;> NkYk; kPjKs;sth;fs;
the “enlightened.” The same prejudice, but “%lek;gpf;ifapd;wp” njspthd cz;ik
with the opposite interpretation, has been epiyia Gupe;J nfhz;bUf;fpd;wdh;. ,e;j
maintained by skeptics without wisdom who fhhpaq;fis mikjpaw;w kdepiyfshy;
take these things to be simply “illusions” or ntWk; “khiafshfTk;” my;yJ
“hallucinations” suffered by feverish minds. “g;uk;ikfshfTk;” vLj;Jf;nfhs;Sk;
Qhdkpy;yhj mtek;gpf;ifahsh;fs;. mNj
jtwhd mgpg;gpuhaj;ij vjpu;kiwahd
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3. I must repeat, then: You should understand 3. mg;gbahdhy;> ehd; mij kPz;Lk; nrhy;ypahf
that all this deals with real mental states, even Ntz;Lk;: ,it vy;yhk; ntspg;Gw cyfj;jpd;
though they are symbolized here by objects nghUl;fshy; Fwpg;gplg;gl;lhYk; mit
midj;Jk; cz;ikahd kdepiyAld;
that correspond to the external world.
njhlu;GilaJ vd;gij ePq;fs; Ghpe;Jnfhs;s
Ntz;Lk;.
4. Remember what I have said, and learn to
discover the truth behind the allegories, 4. ehd; $wpaij epidtpy; nfhs;Sq;fs;>
which on occasion lead the mind astray, NkYk; cUtfq;fSf;F gpd;dhy; cs;s
but at other times translate realities that cz;ikiaf; fz;lwpa fw;Wf; nfhs;Sq;fs;>
would be impossible to grasp without such ,J vg;NghjhtJ kdij miya tpLfpwJ>
representation. Mdhy; kw;w Neuq;fspy; ,JNghd;w tpsq;fhj
Ghpe;Jnfhs;s Kbahj cz;ikfis
When they spoke of a city of the gods, which the tpsf;fpf; $WfpwJ.
heroes of many peoples strove to reach; when they
gy kf;fspd; jiytu;fs; mila tpUk;Gk;
spoke of a paradise where gods and humankind flTs;fspd; xU efuj;ijg; gw;wp mth;fs;
lived together in transfigured original nature; NgRk; NghJ; flTSk; kdpjh;fSk;
when they spoke of falls and floods, great internal ,ay;ghd cUkhw;wk; ngw;W xd;whf tho;e;j
truth was told. nrhu;fj;ijg; gw;wp mth;fs; NgRk; NghJ
tPo;r;rpfs; kw;Wk; gpusaq;fs; gw;wp mth;fs;
Later, the redeemers brought their messages and NgRk; NghJ> khngUk; cs;shh;e;j cz;ik
came to us in double nature to reestablish that $wg;gl;lJ.
lost unity for which we yearned. Then, too, great
gpd;dh;;> ehk; tpUk;gpa ,oe;JNghd
inner truth was told.
xw;Wikia kPz;Lk; cUthf;f ,ul;bg;G
,ay;Gld; jq;fs; nra;jpfis kPl;ghsu;fs;
ek;kplk;; nfhz;Lte;jdh;.. mg;nghOJk;>
khngUk; cs;shh;e;j cz;ik $wg;gl;lJ.

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But when all this was spoken of but set outside Mdhy; ,it midj;Jk; Ngrg;gl;L
the mind it was an error or a lie. kdjpypUe;J ntspg;gl;l NghJ> mJ xU
jtwhf my;yJ ngha;ahf MdhJ.
However, the fusing of the inner look with the
external world forces this look to travel new ,Ug;gpDk;> ntspg;Gw cyfj;Jld;
paths. mf nrh&gj;ij ,izg;gjpdhy; ,e;j
Njhw;wk; Gjpa ghijfspy; gazpf;f
The heroes of this age fly toward the stars. They epu;ge;jg;gLj;JfpwJ.
fly through regions previously unknown. They
fly out from their world and, without knowing ,e;j Afj;jpd; fjhehafh;fs; el;rj;jpuq;fis
it, they are impelled toward the internal and Nehf;fp gwf;fpd;wdh;. Kd;G mwpe;jpuhj
luminous center. gFjpfs; topahf mth;fs; gwe;J
nry;fpd;wdh;. mth;fs; jq;fs; cyfj;jpw;F
ntspNa gwe;J nry;fpd;wdh;> NkYk; mtu;fs;
mwpahkNyNa> cs;shh;e;j kw;Wk; xspUk;
ikaj;ij Nehf;fp <u;f;fg;gl;ldh;.

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THE EXPERIENCE mDgtk;

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 THE SERVICE Nrit

This ceremony is carried out at the request of a group xU FOtpd; Ntz;LNfhSf;fpzq;f ,e;j
of people. rlq;fhdJ elj;jg;gLfpwJ.
topelj;JgtUk;> cjtpahsUk; epd;W nfhz;L
,Ug;ghu;fs;.

Officiant: My mind is restless. topelj;Jgth;: vd; kdk; mikjp ,y;yhky;

,Uf;fpwJ
Participants: My mind is restless.
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; kdk; mikjp ,y;yhky;
Officiant: My heart is troubled. ,Uf;fpwJ

Participants: My heart is troubled. topelj;Jgth;: vd; ,jak;; fyf;fj;Jld;

,Uf;fpwJ
Officiant: My body is tense.
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; ,jak;; fyf;fj;Jld;
Participants: My body is tense. ,Uf;fpwJ

Officiant: I relax my body, my heart, and my topelj;Jgth;: vd; cly; ,Wf;fkhf cs;sJ.
mind.
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; cly; ,Wf;fkhf cs;sJ.
Participants: I relax my body, my heart, and my
mind. topelj;Jgth;: vd; cly;> vd; ,jak;> kw;Wk;
vd; kdij ehd; jsur; nra;fpNwd;.

gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; cly;> vd; ,jak;> kw;Wk;

vd; kdij ehd; jsur; nra;fpNwd;.

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When possible the participants are seated. The
Assistant stands, reads a Principle or a passage from
The Inner Look suited to the circumstances, and
invites the participants to meditate on it. After a
few minutes the Officiant stands and slowly reads
the following phrases, pausing after each one.
Officiant: Completely relax your body and quiet
your mind...
Then imagine a transparent and luminous sphere
that descends toward you until it comes to rest in
your heart...
Notice that the sphere begins to transform into
an expanding sensation within your chest...
The sensation of the sphere expands from your
heart toward the outside of your body, at the
same time that you deepen your breathing...
You will feel new sensations in your hands and
the rest of your body…
You will perceive increasing undulations. Positive
emotions and memories will arise…
gq;Nfw;ghsu;fs; mku;e;j gpd;> cjtpahsh; vOe;J
epd;W> R+o;epiyf;F nghUj;jkhd xU gFjpia
me;j “Gj;jfk;” jpypUe;J xU Nfhl;ghL my;yJ
xU gj;jpia thrpf;fpwhH kw;Wk; thrpf;Fk;
gFjpia Mo;e;J ftdpf;FkhW gq;Nfw;ghsh;fsplk;
$Wfpwhu;> rpy epkplq;fs; fopj;J topelj;Jgth;
vOe;J fPo;fhZk; xt;nthU trdj;Jf;Fk;
,ilapy; ,ilntsp tpl;L epjhdkhf gbf;fpwhh;.
topelj;Jgth;: cq;fSila cliy
KOikahfj; jsur; nra;J> cq;fs; kdij
mikjpg;gLj;Jq;fs;...
mjd;gpd; cq;fis Nehf;fp tUk; njspthd
xsp tl;lk; cq;fs; ,jaj;jpw;F tUk; tiu
mij fw;gid nra;J ghh;f;fTk;...
cq;fSila khu;gpypUe;J tl;lkhdJ tphptilAk;
czh;thf cUkhw;wkila Muk;gpg;gij
ftdpAq;fs;...
ePq;fs; Mokhf Rthrpf;Fk;NghJ> ,jaj;jpypUe;J
cq;fSila clypd; ntspg;Gwj;ij Nehf;fp
me;j tl;lj;jpd; czh;T tphptilAk;...
cq;fSila iffspYk;> clypd; kw;w
ghfq;fspYk;> Gjpa czh;Tfis czh;tPh;fs;...
Gupe;Jzu;Tfs; mjpfhpg;gij ePq;fs; czh;tPh;fs;.
Neu;kiwahd czh;r;rpfSk;> epidTfSk;
NknyOk;...

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Allow the passage of the Force to take place
freely. This Force gives energy to your body and
your mind…
Let the Force manifest within you...
Try to see its light within your eyes, and do not
stop it from acting by itself…
Feel the Force and its inner light.
Let it manifest freely…
Assistant: With this Force that we have received,
let us concentrate our minds on the fulfillment of
what we truly need...
The Assistant invites everyone to stand and carry out
the Asking. After allowing some time to pass.
Officiant: Peace, Force, and Joy!
Participants: For you also, Peace, Force, and Joy!
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,e;j Mw;wiy jilapd;wp fle;J nry;y
mDkjpAq;fs;. ,e;j Mw;wy; cq;fSila
clYf;Fk; kdJf;Fk; rf;jp nfhLf;Fk;...
,e;j rf;jp cq;fSf;Fs; ntspg;gll;Lk;...
,jd; xspia cq;fs; fz;fSf;Fs; fhz
Kaw;rp nra;Aq;fs; kw;Wk; mJ nray;gLtij
jil nra;ahjPu;fs;...
,e;j rf;jpiaAk;> mjd; cs;nshspiaAk;
czUq;fs;. mJ Rje;jpukhf ntspg;gll;Lk;....
rpwpJ Neuj;Jf;Fg; gpwF cjtpahsh;
topelj;JgtUf;F mUfpy; vOe;J epw;fpwhu;...
cjtpahsh;: ehk; ngw;w ,e;j Mw;wypd; %yk;>
ekJ cz;ikahd Njitiag; G+h;j;jp nra;tjpy;
ek;Kila kdij xUKfg;gLj;JNthk;...
rpwpJ Neuj;jpw;F> midtiuAk; vOe;J epd;W
Ntz;bf;nfhs;SkhW miof;fpwhh;.
topelj;Jgth;: mikjp> rf;jp> kw;Wk; Mde;jk;!
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: cq;fSf;Fk; mikjp> rf;jp>
kw;Wk; Mde;jk; !
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 LAYING ON OF HANDS iffshy; MrPu;tjpj;jy;

This ceremony is carried out at the request of one or xd;W my;yJ mjw;F Nkw;gl;l egh;fspd;
more persons. The Officiant and the Assistant are Ntz;LNfhSf;fpzq;f ,e;j rlq;fhdJ
standing. elj;jg;gLfpwJ. topelj;JgtUk;> cjtpahsUk;
epd;W nfhz;bUg;ghh;fs;.

topelj;Jgth;: vd; kdk; mikjp ,y;yhky;

Officiant: My mind is restless. ,Uf;fpwJ

Participants: My mind is restless. gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; kdk; mikjp ,y;yhky;

,Uf;fpwJ
Officiant: My heart is troubled.
topelj;Jgth;: vd; ,jak;; fyf;fj;Jld;
Participants: My heart is troubled. ,Uf;fpwJ

Officiant: My body is tense. gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; ,jak;; fyf;fj;Jld;

Participants: My body is tense.
Officiant: I relax my body, my heart, and my
mind.
,Uf;fpwJ
topelj;Jgth;: vd; cly; ,Wf;fkhf cs;sJ.
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; cly; ,Wf;fkhf cs;sJ.

Participants: I relax my body, my heart, and my topelj;Jgth;: vd; cly;> vd; ,jak;> kw;Wk;
mind. vd; kdij ehd; jsur; nra;fpNwd;.

gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: vd; cly;> vd; ,jak;> kw;Wk;

vd; kdij ehd; jsur; nra;fpNwd;.

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The Officiant and the Assistant sit down and allow
some time to pass. The Officiant stands.
Officiant: If you wish to receive the Force, you
should understand that at the moment of the
Laying on of Hands you will begin to experience
new sensations. You will perceive increasing
undulations. Positive emotions and memories
will arise. When this occurs, allow the passage of
the Force to take place freely…
Let the Force manifest within you, and do not
stop it from acting by itself…
Feel the Force and its inner light…
Let the Force manifest freely…
After some time the Assistant stands.
Assistant: Those who wish to receive the Force
may stand.
For a large number of participants, the Assistant
invites them to remain standing at their seats; for
smaller numbers, participants are invited to form
a circle around the Officiant. After a brief time
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topelj;JgtUk;> cjtpahsUk; mkh;e;J rpwpJ
Neuj;ij fopf;fpwhh;fs;. topelj;Jgth; vOe;J
epw;fpwhh;.
topelj;Jgth;: ePq;fs; rf;jp ngw tpUk;gpdhy;>
iffshy; MrPu;tjpf;Fk;;NghJ Gjpa czh;Tfis
mDgtpf;fj; Jtq;FtPh;fs; vd;gij ePq;fs; Ghpe;J
nfhs;s Ntz;Lk;. Fog;gq;fs; mjpfhpg;gij
ePq;fs; czh;tPh;fs;. Neh;kiwahd czh;Tfs;
kw;Wk; epidTfs; vOk;Gk;. ,J epfOk; NghJ>
rf;jpia Rje;jpukhf nray;gl mDkjpAq;fs;...
,e;j rf;jp cq;fSf;Fs; ntspg;gll;Lk;> mJ
nray;gLtij jil nra;ahjPu;fs;...
rf;jp kw;Wk; mjd; cs;shh;e;j xspia czuTk;...
rf;jp Rje;jpukhf ntspg;gll;Lk;...
rpwpJ Neuk; fopj;J cjtpahsh; vOe;J epw;fpwhh;.
cjtpahsh;: rf;jpia ngw tpUk;GNthh; vOe;J
epw;fyhk;.
mjpf vz;zpf;ifapy; gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs; ,Ue;jhy;>
jq;fs; ,lq;fspy; epw;Fk;gb cjtpahsh;
miof;fpwhh;;@ Fiwe;j vz;zpf;ifapy; ,Ue;jhy;>
topelj;Jgtiur; Rw;wp xU tl;lj;jpy; epw;f
gq;Nfw;ghsu;fis miof;fpwhu;. rpwpJ Neuj;jpw;Fg;
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the Officiant begins the Laying on of Hands. If
necessary, the Assistant may aid the circulation of the
participants, at times accompanying some to their
seats. Following the Laying on of Hands, some time
is given for participants to assimilate the experience.
Assistant: With this Force that we have received,
let us concentrate our minds on the fulfillment
of what we truly need. Or let us concentrate our
minds on the fulfillment of what a loved one
truly needs.
The Assistant invites participants to stand and
silently carry out their Askings. On occasion one
of the participants may formulate an Asking for
someone else, whether present or not.
After letting some time pass.
Officiant: Peace, Force, and Joy!
Participants: For you also, Peace, Force, and Joy!
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gpwF> topelj;Jgth; iffshy; MrPu;tjpf;f
Jtq;Ffpwhh;. Njitg;gl;lhy;> gq;Nfw;ghsu;fis
topelj;j cjtpahsh; cjtyhk;. rpy Neuj;jpy;
gq;Nfw;ghsu;fis mtu;fspd; ,lj;jpw;F mioj;J
nry;y cjtyhk;. iffshy; MrPu;tjpg;gijj;
njhlu;e;J> mDgtj;ij kdjpw;Fs; cs;thq;f
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fSf;F rpwpJ Neuk; nfhLf;fg;gLfpwJ.
cjtpahsh;: ehk; ngw;w ,e;j Mw;wypd; %yk;>
ekJ cz;ikahd Njitiag; G+h;j;jp nra;tjpy;
ek;Kila kdij xUKfg;gLj;JNthk;. my;yJ
ekf;F gphpakhd xUtUf;F cz;ikapNyNa
Njitahdij G+h;j;jp nra;tjpy; ek;Kila
kdij xUKfg;gLj;JNthk;.
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs; vOe;J epd;W mikjpahf
Ntz;bf;nfhs;s cjtpahsh; miof;fpwhh;. rpy
rkaj;jpy; gq;Nfw;ghsh;fspy; xUth; ahNuh
xUtUf;fhf Ntz;bf; nfhs;syhk;> me;j egh;
mq;F ,Ue;jhYk; ,y;yhtpl;lhYk;.
rpwpJ Neuk; fopj;j gpwF.
topelj;Jgth;: mikjp> rf;jp kw;Wk; Mde;jk;!
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs;: ckf;Fk; mikjp> rf;jp kw;Wk;
Mde;jk;!
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 WELL-BEING eyk;

This ceremony is carried out at the request of a group xU FOtpd; Ntz;LNfhSf;fpzq;f ,e;j
of people. When possible, the participants are seated. rlq;fhdJ elj;jg;gLfpwJ. Njitnadpy;
The Officiant and Assistant are standing. gq;Nfw;ghsh;fis mkUk;gb $Wthu;fs;.
topelj;JgtUk;> cjtpahsUk; epd;W nfhz;L
,Ug;ghu;fs;.
Assistant: We are gathered here to turn our cjtpahsh;: ekJ md;Gf;F chpath;fis
thoughts to those dear to us. Some of them are epidT$h;e;J ehk; ,q;Nf $bapUf;fpd;Nwhk;.
facing difficulties in their emotional lives, some mth;fspy; rpyh; jq;fsJ czh;Tg;G+h;tkhd
in their relationships with others, some with tho;f;ifapYk;> rpyh; kw;wth;fSldhd cwT
fhuzkhfTk;> rpyh; cly; eyd; fhuzkhfTk;
their health. To them we direct our thoughts and Jd;gq;fisr; Rke;J nfhz;bUf;fpwhh;fs;. ekJ
our best hopes. vz;zq;fisAk;> ey;tho;j;Jf;fisAk; mth;fis
Nehf;fp nrYj;JNthkhf.
Officiant: We have faith that our call for well-
being will reach them. Let us think of those dear topelj;Jgth;: mth;fspd; ey;tho;Tf;fhd ekJ
to us. Let us feel the presence of those dear to us. Ntz;Ljy; mth;fisr; NrUk; vd;fpw ek;gpf;if
Let us experience contact with those dear to us. ek;kplk; cs;sJ. ekf;F neUf;fkhdth;fisg;
gw;wp epidg;Nghk;. mtu;fs; ek;Kld; ,Ug;gjhf
czh;Nthk;. mtu;fs; ek;Kld; njhlh;gpy;
Assistant: Let us take some time to meditate on
,Ug;gij czu;Nthk;.
the difficulties that they are facing…
cjtpahsh;: rpwpJ Neuk; mth;fs; gLk;
A few minutes are given so that the participants may Jd;gq;fis epidj;J jpahdpg;Nghk;...
meditate.
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs; jpahdk; nra;a rpy epkplq;fs;
nfhLf;fg;gLk;.

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Officiant: Now we would like these people to
feel our best hopes for them. A wave of relief and
well-being will reach them…
Assistant: Let us take a short time to mentally
locate the situation of well-being that we wish
for our loved ones...
A few minutes are given for participants to
concentrate their minds on this.
Officiant: We conclude this ceremony by
allowing the opportunity, for those who desire,
to feel the presence of those loved ones who,
although they are not here in our time or in our
space, are connected to us in this experience of
love, peace, and warm joy…
A short time is given for this.
Officiant: This has been good for others,
comforting for us, and inspiring for our lives…
Greetings to everyone immersed in this current
of well-being, which has been strengthened by
the best wishes of all those present…
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topelj;Jgth;: ekJ ed;dk;gpf;iffis ,g;NghJ
mth;fs; czu Ntz;Lk; vd tpUk;GfpNwhk;.
Jd;gq;fspypUe;J tpLtpf;fTk;> ey;tho;tpw;Fkhd
xU Mw;wy; mth;fis nrd;wilal;Lk;...
cjtpahsh;: ekJ md;Gf;Fhpath;fs; vg;gb eyKld;
tho Ntz;Lnkd;W ehk; tpUk;Gfpd;NwhNkh> me;j
fhl;rpia rpwpJ Neuk; ek;Kila kdf;fz; Kd;
epWj;JNthkhf...
gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs; ,jpy; kdij xUKfg;gLj;j rpy
epkplq;fs; nfhLf;fg;gLk;.
topelj;Jgth;: ekJ md;Gf;Fhpath;fs; ek;
kj;jpapy; ,Ug;gjhf czu;e;jtu;fSf;F
tha;g;gspj;jjpd; %yk; ,e;j rlq;if epiwT
nra;fpNwhk;. me;j md;Gf;Fhpath;fs; ,e;j
,lj;jpy;> ,e;j Neuj;jpy; ,y;iy vdpDk; md;G>
mikjp kw;Wk; Mde;jk; vd;w mDgtq;fspdhy;
ek;Kld; ,izf;fg;gLfpd;whh;fs;...
rpy epkplq;fs; ,jw;fhf xJf;fg;gLk;.
topelj;Jgth;: kw;wth;fspd; ed;ikf;fhfTk;>
ek;Kila MWjYf;fhfTk; kw;Wk; ek;
tho;f;ifapd; ce;JjYf;fhfTk; ,ijr; nra;J
nfhz;bUf;fpNwhk;...
,q;fpUf;Fk; midthpd;; ey;nyz;zq;fshy;
typik ngw;w eyd;fspd; %yk; gydile;j
midtUf;Fk; tho;j;Jfs;...
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 PROTECTION ghJfhg;G

This ceremony may be carried out for an individual
or a group. Everyone is standing. The Officiant
and the Assistant are facing the children, who are
surrounded by the other participants.
Assistant: The purpose of this ceremony is to
give children participation in our community.
Since ancient times, children have been the
focus of ceremonies such as namings and
baptisms. Through these ceremonies people have
recognized a change of status, in stage of life.
There are today and have long been civil
formalities that record the date and place of birth
and other information. However, the spiritual
transcendence that accompanies a ceremony
of this kind has nothing to do with the cold
formalities of written documents. Rather, it
flows from the joy of parents, family, and friends
when children are publicly introduced to the
community.
xU jdpegh; my;yJ xU FOtpw;fhf ,e;j
rlq;fhdJ elj;jg;glyhk;. midtUk;
epd;W nfhz;bUf;fpwhh;fs;. topelj;JgtUk;
cjtpahsUk; Foe;ijfis Nehf;fp epw;fpd;wdh;.
gpw gq;Nfw;ghsh;fs; mtu;fis #o;e;J epw;fpd;wdu;.
cjtpahsh;: ekJ r%fj;jpy; rpwhu;fis gq;Nfw;f
itg;gNj ,e;j rlq;fpd; Nehf;fkhFk;.
gz;ila fhye;njhl;L ngah;fs; #l;Ljy;
kw;Wk; Qhd];jhdq;fs; Nghd;w rlq;Ffs;
Foe;ijfSf;fhf nra;ag;gLfpwJ. ,e;j
rlq;Ffs; %yk; tho;f;ifapy;; kf;fs; xU
khw;wj;ijf; fz;lhu;fs;.
gpwe;j Njjp kw;Wk; ,lk; kw;Wk; gpw jfty;fis
gjpT nra;Ak; Kiw ePz;l fhykhfNt rl;l
eilKiwfspy; ,Ue;J tUfpwJ. ,Ue;jNghjpYk;>
,e;j tifahd xU Md;kPf mDgtq;fspy;
rk;ge;jg;gl;l rlq;fpy; ,itfs; Njitaw;wjhFk;.
khwhf> Foe;ijfis r%fj;jpy; mwpKfg;gLj;Jk;
NghJ> mJ ngw;Nwhh;fs;> FLk;gk; kw;Wk;
ez;gh;fSf;F Mde;jj;ij mspg;gNj ,jd;
Nehf;fkhFk;.

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This is a ceremony through which the status of ,J Foe;ijfspd; epiyfis khw;Wk; xU rlq;F>
children changes as they become participants in ,jd;%yk; ,tu;fs; ,r;r%fj;jpd mq;fj;jpdu;
Mfpwhu;fs;. ,r;r%fk; Jujp\;lkhd ghJfhg;gw;w
a community that makes a commitment to be
#oy;fspypUe;J ,tu;fis ghJfhf;fpwJ.
responsible for them should unfortunate events
leave them unprotected. Vndd;why; mth;fs; vjpu;nfhs;sitf;Fk;
r%fj;jpd; cWg;gpdu; Mfpwhu;fs;.
This ceremony requests protection for this child
(these children), and the community welcomes ,e;j Foe;ijf;F (Foe;ijfSf;F) ghJfhg;ig
them as new sons and daughters. ,e;j rlq;F Nfl;fpwJ> NkYk; r%fk;
mth;fis Gjpa kfd;fshfTk;> kfs;fshfTk
Following a brief pause, the Officiant addresses those mq;fPfupf;fpwJ.
present in a warm tone. rpwpa ,ilNtisiaj; njhlh;e;J> top elj;Jgth;
xU md;ghd Fuypy; mq;fpUe;jth;fsplk;
Officiant: We ask protection for this child (these ciuahw;Wfpwhh;.
children).
topelj;Jgth;: ,e;j Foe;ijf;fhd (,e;j
Assistant: We welcome them with joy, and Foe;ijfs;) ghJfhg;ig ehk; Nfl;fpNwhk;.
commit ourselves to their protection.
cjtpahsh;: ehk; Mde;jj;Jld; mth;fis
Officiant: We extend our best wishes... Peace and tuNtw;fpNwhk;> NkYk; mth;fSila
joy for all! ghJfhg;gpw;fhf ek;ik <Lg;gLj;jpf; nfhs;fpNwhk;.

topelj;Jgth;: ehk; ey;tho;j;Jfis

The Officiant gently lays a hand on the head of each
njhptpf;fpd;Nwhk;. mikjpAk; Mde;jKk;
child, kissing each one on the forehead. midtUf;Fk; cz;lhtjhf!

topelj;Jgth; xt;nthU Foe;ijapd; new;wpapYk;

Kj;jk; nfhLj;J nkJthf xt;nthUthpd;
jiyapYk; xU ifia itj;J MrPu;tjpf;fpwhu;;.

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 MARRIAGE
Everyone is standing. For one or more couples. The
Officiant and the Assistant face the couple(s).
Assistant: Since ancient times marriage has been
a ceremony that marks a change of status for
people.
When we end or begin a new stage in life it is
often accompanied by a corresponding ritual.
Our personal and social lives are marked by rituals
that, to a greater or lesser degree, we accept as
customary. We greet one another in the morning
differently than we do at night; we shake hands
upon meeting people; we celebrate birthdays,
graduations, and new jobs. Our sporting events
are accompanied by rituals, and our religious,
political, and civic ceremonies place us in the
appropriate attitude for each occasion.
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jpUkzk;
midtUk; epd;W nfhz;bUf;fpwhh;fs;.
xd;W my;yJ mjw;F Nkw;gl;l jk;gjpapdu;
,Uf;fpwhh;fs;. topelj;JtUk; cjtpahsUk;
me;j jk;gjpapdu; (fis) Nehf;fp epw;fpd;wdu;.
cjtpahsh;: gz;ila fhye;njhl;L> jpUkzkhdJ
kf;fspd; me;j];J khw;wj;ijf; Fwpf;Fk; xU
rlq;fhf ,Ue;J tUfpwJ.
ekJ tho;tpd; ,Wjp fl;lj;jpd; NghJ my;yJ
Gjpjhf Jtq;Fk; NghJ> mJ ngUk;ghYk;
VjhtJ xU rlq;Fld; rk;ge;jg;gl;L cs;sJ.
ekJ jdpg;gl;l kw;Wk; r%f tho;f;ifahdJ
rlq;Ffis xl;bAs;sd> mij ngUk;ghYk;
ehk; tof;fkhdjhf Vw;Wf;nfhs;fpNwhk;.
ehk; ,utpy; kw;Wk; gfypy; xUtiunahUth;
tho;j;Jk;tpjk; ntt;Ntwhf cs;sJ. kf;fis
re;jpf;Fk; NghJ ehk; iffis FYf;FfpNwhk;;
gpwe;jehl;fs;> gl;lkspg;Gfs; kw;Wk; Gjpa
Ntiyfis ehk; nfhz;lhLfpNwhk;. ekJ
tpisahl;L epfo;r;rpfshdJ rlq;FfSld; Nrh;e;J
eilngWfpd;wd> NkYk; ekJ kjk;> murpay;
kw;Wk; rKjha rlq;Ffs; xt;nthU epfo;tpYk;
ek;ik rhpahd kdepiyapy; itf;fpd;wd.
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Marriage is an important change in the status
of people, and one for which all nations require
certain legal formalities. That is, the marital
relationship places the spouses in a new situation
with respect to the community and the State.
However, when a couple establishes the bond of
marriage, they do so thinking of a new way of
life. They do so with profound feelings, and not
merely as a formality.
jpUkzkhdJ kf;fspd; me;j];jpy; xU Kf;fpakhd
khw;wkhFk;> NkYk; midj;J ehLfspYk;
rpy rl;l tpjpKiwfs; mtrpakhditahFk;.
jpUkz cwthdJ r%fk; kw;Wk; kf;fs;
njhlh;ghd xU Gjpa #o;epiyapy; jk;gjpah;fis
itf;fpwJ. ,Ug;gpDk;> ,UtUf;fpilNa jpUkz
ge;jj;ij Vw;gLj;Jk; NghJ> mth;fs; xU Gjpa
tho;f;if topKiwiag; gw;wp rpe;jpf;fpwhh;fs;.
xU rk;gpujhakhf ,y;yhky; mth;fs; Mo;e;j
czh;TfSld; rpe;jpf;fpwhh;fs;.

Consequently, in this ceremony that marks a ,e;j me;j];J khw;wj;ijf; Fwpf;Fk; rlq;fpd;
fhuzkhf> xUtUf;F xUth; xU Gjpa
change of status, the partners have the intention
ek;gpf;ifAld; ePbj;j xw;WikAld; tho
to establish a new and hopefully lasting union jk;gjpapdh; jpl;lkpLfpd;wdh;. xUtUf;nfhUth;
with one another. They have the desire to receive rpwe;jijg; ngWtjw;Fk; xUtUf;nfhUth;
the best from each other, and to give the best to rpwe;jij nfhLg;gjw;Fk; mth;fs; tpUk;Gfpd;wdh;.
each other. And they also intend to carry this Foe;ijfis ,e;j cyfpw;F nfhz;L
relationship further by bringing children into the tUtJ my;yJ jj;njLg;gjd; %yk; ,e;j
world or adopting them. cwit Kd;ndLj;Jr; nry;tjw;fhf mth;fs;
jpl;lkpLfpwhh;fs;.
Seeing marriage in this way, we may acknowledge
jpUkzj;ij ,t;tpjkhf ghh;g;gjd; %yk;>
the importance of the legal formalities of this ,e;j ge;jj;jpd; rl;lG+h;tkhd tpjpKiwfspd;
union, but in the spiritual and emotional sense Kf;fpaj;Jtj;ij ehk; xg;Gf; nfhs;syhk;> Mdhy;
we say that only the couple endows this ceremony Md;kPfkhfTk; czh;r;rpg+u;tkhfTk; ,e;j N[hb
with meaning. In other words, this ceremony kl;LNk ,e;j rlq;if mh;j;jg;gLj;JfpwJ vd;W
brings two human beings to the situation ehq;fs; nrhy;fpNwhk;;> ,e;j rlq;F ,U egu;fs;
of undertaking a new life, and through this xU Gjpa tho;f;ifia njhlq;Ftjw;fhd #oiy

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ceremony the partners establish this profound cUthf;FfpwJ> NkYk; ,e;j rlq;fpd; %yk;
union in accordance with their own feelings. jk;gjpfs; jq;fs; xj;j czh;TfSf;F Vw;g
Mo;e;j jpUkz ge;jj;ij cUthf;Ffpd;wdh;.
We do not marry them; they marry one another
before our community. ehk; mth;fSf;F jpUkzk; nra;J itf;ftpy;iy
ekJ r%fj;jpw;F Kd;G mth;fs; xUtiunahUth;
Officiant: In order for this ceremony to be true jpUkzk; nra;J nfhs;fpd;wdh;.
and your own, we ask (addressing one partner):
topelj;Jgth;: ,e;j rlq;F cz;ikahf kw;Wk;
What is this marriage for you? cq;fSf;F tpUg;gkhdjhf ,Uf;f> cq;fs;
fUj;ij ehq;fs; Nfl;fpNwhk; (xU Jizaplk;
The one addressed by the Officiant responds aloud. nrhy;fpwhh;): cq;fisg; nghWj;j tiu ,e;j
jpUkzk; vd;gJ vd;d?
Officiant: (addressing the other partner): What
is this marriage for you? topelj;Jgth; Nfs;tpf;F me;j egh; cuf;f
gjpyspf;fpwhh;.
The one addressed by the Officiant responds aloud.
topelj;Jgth;: (mLj;j JizAld; NgRfpwhh;):
Officiant: Then this marriage will be in cq;fisg; nghWj;j tiu jpUkzk; vd;gJ
accordance with your expressed desires and your vd;d?
most profound intentions. (Greets the couple(s)
affectionately). topelj;Jgth; Nfs;tpf;F me;j egh; cuf;f
gjpyspf;fpwhh;.

topelj;Jgth;: mjd;gpd; cq;fs;

tpUg;gj;jpw;Nfw;gTk;> MirfSf;F Vw;gTk;>
cq;fs; Mo;e;j Nehf;fq;fSf;F Vw;GilajhfTk;
,e;j jpUkzk; ,Uf;Fk;. (N[hbfis md;NghL
tho;j;Jfpwhh;).

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 ASSISTANCE cjTjy;

This is a ceremony of great affection, requiring the ,J xU kpFe;j md;G nrYj;Jk; rlq;fhFk;>
person performing it to give the best of himself or ,ij nra;fpw mtd; my;yJ mts; jd;dhy;
herself. ,ad;wsT rpwe;jij nfhLf;f Ntz;Lk;.

The ceremony may be repeated at the request of the ,e;j rlq;if nra;fpwth; my;yJ mtDf;fhf
person receiving it or those caring for him or her. my;yJ mtSf;fhf nra;fpw eghpd; Ntz;LNfhspd;
Nghpy; ,e;j rlq;if kPz;Lk; elj;jyhk;.
The Officiant is alone with the dying person.
topelj;Jgth; ,wf;Fk; jUthapy; cs;s egUld;
Regardless of whether person who is dying appears jdpahf ,Uf;fpwhh;.
lucid or unconscious, the Officiant comes close to them ,wf;Fk; epiyapYs;s egh; njspthf ,Ue;jhYk;
and speaks slowly in a voice that is soft and clear. my;yJ kaf;f epiyapy; ,Ue;jhYk;>
topelj;Jgth; mth;fsplk; neUq;fp te;J
nkd;ikahf kw;Wk; njspthd Fuypy; nkJthf
NgRfpwhh;.
Officiant: The memories of your life are the
judgment of your actions. You can, in a short time, topelj;Jgth;: cq;fs; tho;f;ifapd; epidTfNs
recall much of what is best in you. Remember cq;fs; nray;fspd; epahj;jPh;g;ghFk;. cq;fs;
then, but without fear, and purify your memory. epidTfspy;; rpwe;jJ vd;d vd;gij FWfpa
Gently remember, and calm your mind... Neuj;jpy; mjpfkhf epidj;Jg; ghh;f;fTk;. Mdhy;
gakpy;yhky; cq;fs; epidit njspTg;gLj;jpf;
nfhs;s Ntz;Lk; vd;gij epidtpy;
nfhs;Sq;fs;. nkJthf Qhgfk; nra;J cq;fs;
kdij mikjpahf;Fq;fs;...

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The Officiant remains silent for a few minutes, and topelj;Jgth; xU rpy epkplq;fs; mikjpaha;
then resumes reading in a voice of the same tone and ,Uf;fpwhh;> mjd;gpd; mNj njhdpapy; kPz;Lk;
intensity. thrpf;fj; Jtq;Ffpwhh;.

jpLf;fpLk; gaq;fs; kw;Wk; kdr;Nrhh;it.

Reject startling fears and disheartenment... jtph;j;jpLq;fs;...
Reject the desire to flee toward low and dark jho;thd kw;Wk; ,Uz;l gFjpfis Nehf;fp Xl
regions... tpUk;Gtij jtph;j;jpLq;fs;...

Reject the attachment to memories... epidTfSld; ,izf;fg;gl;bUg;gij

Remain in internal liberty, indifferent toward the
dream of the landscape...
……………………………………………….
Resolve now to begin the ascent…
The pure Light dawns in the summits of the great
mountain chains, and the waters-of-a-thousand-
colors flow amid unrecognizable melodies toward
crystalline plateaus and prairies...
Do not fear the pressure of the Light which
pushes against you with increasing strength the
closer you draw to its center. Absorb it as though
it were a liquid or a wind, for certainly, in it is
life...
jtph;j;jpLq;fs;...
Mj;k nrh&gf; fhl;rpia Nehf;fp <Lghl;Lld;
Kd;Ndwpr; nry;Yk; jPHkhdj;Jld; mfr;
Rje;jpuj;jpy; epiyj;jpUf;fTk;;...
……………………………………………….
NkNywpr; nry;y ,g;NghJ jhauhFq;fs;...
nghpa kiyj; njhlh;fspd; cr;rpfspy; Gdpjkhd
xsp cjpf;fpwJ> kw;Wk; milahsk; fhz Kbahj
,d;dpirfSf;F kj;jpapy; gbf gPlG+kpfs; kw;Wk;
gwe;j Gy;ntspfspy; vz;zw;w tz;zq;fspy; ePh;
epiyfs; gha;fpd;wd...
mjd; ikaj;ij ePq;fs; neUq;Fk; NghJ mjpfkhd
typikAld; cq;fis vjpu;f;Fk; xspapd;
nrwpitf; fz;L gag;gl Ntz;lhk;> mij xU
jputkhf my;yJ fhw;whf <u;j;Jf;nfhs;Sq;fs;>
epr;rakhf mjpy; capuhw;wy; ,Uf;Fk;.

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When you find the hidden city in the great nghpa kiyj; njhlhpy; kiwe;jpUf;Fk; xU
mountain chain, you must know the entrance. efuj;ij ePq;fs; fz;lTld; mjd; Eiothapiy
And you will know it in the moment your life is ePq;fs; njhpe;Jnfhs;s Ntz;Lk;> me;j fzj;jpy;
cq;fs; tho;f;if cUkhw;wg;gLk; vd;gij
transformed. Its enormous walls are written in ePq;fs; mwpe;J nfhs;tPh;fs;. mjd; nghpa Rth;fs;
figures, are written in colors, are “sensed.” In this tbtq;fshy;> epwq;fshy; vOjg;gl;Ls;sd>
city are kept the done and the yet-to-be-done… mit “czug;gl;Ls;sd.” ,e;j efuj;jpy;
nra;ag;gl;litAk;> nra;ag;gl Ntz;baitfSk;
The Officiant leaves a brief silence, and then resumes cs;sd...
reading in a voice of the same tone and intensity.
topelj;Jgth; rpwpJ Neuk; mikjpaha; ,Uf;fpwhh;>
Now you are reconciled... mjd;gpd; mNj njhdpapy; kw;Wk; nrwpthd
Fuypy; kPz;Lk; thrpf;fj; Jtq;Ffpwhh;.
You are purified…
,g;NghJ ePq;fs; xd;whf ,izf;fg;gLfpwPh;fs;...
Prepare to enter the most beautiful City of Light,
this city never seen by the eye, whose song has ePq;fs; J}a;ikahf;fg;gLfpwPu;fs;...
never been heard by human ears...
kpf mofhd xspapd; efuj;jpw;Fs; Eioaj;
Come, prepare to enter the most beautiful jahuhFq;fs;> ,e;j efuk; fz;zhy;
Light… ghh;f;fg;glTkpy;iy> ,jd; ghly; kdpjf;
fhJfshy; Nfl;fg;glTkpy;iy...

thUq;fs;> kpf mofhd xspf;Fs; Eioa

jahuhFq;fs;...

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 DEATH
Officiant: Life has ceased in this body. We must
now make an effort to separate in our minds the
image of this body from the image of the person
we remember...
This body does not hear us. This body is not the
person we remember...
May those of you who do not feel the presence
here of another life, separate from the body,
consider that although death has paralyzed this
body, the actions he/she carried out will continue
to act, and their influence will never end. This
chain of actions that was set in motion in life
cannot be stopped by death. How profound it is
to meditate on this truth, even though we may
not completely comprehend the transformation
of one action into another!
And may those of you who do feel the presence
of a separate life consider that death has only
paralyzed this body, that the mind has once again
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,wg;G
topelj;Jgth;: caph; ,e;j cliy tpl;L
gpupe;Jtpl;lJ. ehk; epidtpy; itj;jpUf;Fk; egUk;
,e;j ruPuKk; ntt;NtW vd ekJ kdjpy; gphpj;J
itf;f ehk; ,g;NghJ Kaw;rpf;f Ntz;Lk;...
,e;j ruPuk; ehk; NgRtij Nfl;gjpy;iy. ,e;j
ruPuk; ek; epidtpYs;s egh; ,y;iy...
clypy; ,Ue;J gphpe;j kw;nwhU caphpd;
gpurd;dj;ij czuhjtuhf ePq;fs; ,Uf;fyhk;>
kuzk; ,e;j cliy Klf;fpapUe;jhYk;> mtd; /
mts; nra;j nray;fs; njhlh;e;J elf;Fk; kw;Wk;
mth;fSila Cf;fk; xUNghJk; KbtilahJ
vd;gij epidtpy;nfhs;Sq;fs;. tho;f;ifapd;
,e;jj; njhlh; nray;ghLfs; kuzj;jpdhy;
Kbtjpy;iy. xU nray; NtnwhU nrayhf
khWtij xUNtis ehk; KOikahf Ghpe;J
nfhs;s Kbahtpl;lhYk;> ,e;j cz;ik vt;tsT
MokhdJ!
xU gpupe;j caph; ,Ug;gij czh;gtuhf ePq;fs;
,Ue;jhy;> kuzk; kl;LNk ,e;j cliy
Klkhf;fptpl;ljhf fUJtPu;fs;;> kdk; xspia
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triumphantly freed itself, opening its way toward Nehf;fp nry;y kPz;Lk; xUKiw ntw;wpfukhf
the Light... tpLjiy mile;jJ...

Whatever our views, let us not weep for this body.
Rather, let us meditate on the root of our beliefs,
and a gentle and silent joy will come to us…
Peace in the heart, light in the understanding!
ekJ fz;Nzhl;lq;fs; vJthf ,Ue;jhYk;> ,e;j
clYf;fhf ehk; mo Ntz;lhk;. khwhf> ek;
MzpNtuhd ek;gpf;ifNahL ehk; jpahdpg;Nghk;.
xU nkd;ikahd kw;Wk; nksdkhd Mde;jk;
ek;kplk; tUk;...

,jaj;jpy; mikjpAk;> Ghpjypy; njspTk;

cz;lhtjhf!

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 RECOGNITION mq;fPfhpj;jy;

Recognition is a ceremony of inclusion in the r%fj;Jld; ,izf;Fk; rlq;Nf mq;fPfhpj;jy;

Community, inclusion through common experiences, MFk;. nghJthd mDgtq;fs;> Nehf;fk;>
shared ideals, attitudes, and common procedures. kdg;ghd;ik> nghJthd eilKiw %ykhf
,izf;fg;gLthu;fs;.
The ceremony is carried out at the request of a group
of people and following a Service. Those who will xU FO Nfl;Lf; nfhs;tjw;fpzq;f xU Nritahf
participate should have the written text. ,J elj;jg;gLk;. gq;Nfw;ghsh;fsplk; vOjg;gl;l
ciu ,Uf;fNtz;Lk;.
The Officiant and Assistant stand.
topelj;JgtUk;> cjtpahsUk; epd;W
nfhz;bUg;ghh;fs;.
Assistant: This ceremony has been requested by cjtpahsh;: ,e;j rlq;fhdJ r%fj;jpw;Fs;
people who wish to actively include themselves cw;rhfj;Jld; jq;fis <LgLj;jpf; nfhs;Sk;
in our Community. Through this Ceremony they kf;fspd; Ntz;LNfhSf;fhf elj;jg;gLfpwJ!
express a personal and social commitment to ,e;j rlq;fpd; %yk; jq;fsJ tho;itAk;
work to improve their own lives and the lives of jk;ik Rw;wpAs;Nshhpd; tho;itAk; Nkk;gLj;j
those around them. jdpg;gl;l kw;Wk; r%f mh;gzpg;G czh;Tfis
ntspg;gLj;Jfpwhh;fs;.
The Assistant invites those who wish to give
testimony to stand. cjtpahsh; ahh; rhl;rpak; $w tpUk;Gfpwhh;fNsh
mth;fis vOe;J epw;Fk; gb miof;fpwhh;.

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Officiant: The pain and suffering that human topelj;Jgth;: kdpj ,dk; mDgtpf;Fk; typAk;
beings experience recedes when good knowledge Jd;gq;fSk; ey;ywpT tsUk; NghJ FiwAk;.
advances, not knowledge at the service of Raeyj;jpw;Fk;> mlf;FKiwf;Fk; me;j mwpT
selfishness and oppression. gad;glf; $lhJ.
ey;y mwpT ePjpia Nehf;fp ,l;Lr; nry;Yk;.
Good knowledge leads to justice. ey;y mwpT Ntw;Wikfis mfw;wp
rkurg;gLj;Jtij Nehf;fp ,l;Lr; nry;Yk;.
Good knowledge leads to reconciliation. ey;y mwpT ek; czh;Tfspd; Gdpjj; jd;ikapd;
Moj;ij fz;L nfhs;sTk; toptFf;Fk;.
Good knowledge also leads us to decipher the
sacred in the depths of our consciousness. cjtpahsh;; (rhl;rpak; $WgtUk; thrpf;f
Ntz;Lk;);:
Assistant (and those giving testimony read):
ehk; gzk;> ehL> kjk;> cjhuz GU\h; kw;Wk;
We consider the human being to be the highest r%f mikg;Gfs; Mfpatw;iw tpl kdpjh;fs;
value above money, the State, religion, the models, ngWkjpg;G kpf;fth;fs; vd;W fUJfpNwhk;.
and social systems.
ehk; Rarpe;jidia Cf;Ftpf;fpNwhk;.
We promote liberty of thought.
ehk; rkchpik> rk tha;g;Gfis vy;yh
We promote equal rights and equal opportunities kdpjh;fSf;Fk; Cf;Ftpf;fpNwhk;.
for all human beings.
ehk; gyjug;gl;l gof;ftof;fq;fisAk;
We recognize and applaud diversity in customs fhyr;rhuq;fisAk; Mjhpf;fpd;Nwhk;.
and cultures.
ehk; vy;yh tpjkhd Ntw;WikfisAk;
We oppose all discrimination. Gwf;fzpf;fpNwhk;.

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We consecrate just resistance against all forms
of violence: physical, economic, racial, religious,
sexual, psychological, and moral.
Officiant: Just as no one has the right to
discriminate against others for their religion
or their non-religiousness, we affirm our right
to proclaim our spirituality and our belief in
immortality and the sacred.
Our spirituality is not the spirituality of
superstition, it is not the spirituality of
intolerance, it is not the spirituality of dogma,
it is not the spirituality of religious violence. It
is the spirituality that has awakened from its
deep sleep to nurture the best aspirations of the
human being.
Assistant (and those giving testimony read):
We want to give coherence to our lives, to make
coincide what we think, what we feel, and what
we do.
We want to surpass bad conscience by
acknowledging our failures.
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,e;j Gdpjj;Jtj;jpd; %yk; ehk; vy;yhtpjkhd
td;KiwfisAk;> cly; hPjpahd> nghUshjhu
hPjpahd> ,d hPjpahd> ghypay; hPjphpahd> kd
hPjpahd td;KiwfisAk; vjpu;f;fpd;Nwhk;.
topelj;Jgth;: ,e;j Kiwapy; kw;wth;fis
mtuJ kjj;jpd; fhuzkhfNth> my;yJ mtuJ
kj ek;gpf;ifapd;ik fhuzkhfNth> mth;fSf;F
vjpuhf ghFghL fhl;l xUtUf;Fk; chpikapy;iy.
ekJ Md;kPfk; %lek;gpf;ifia rhh;e;jjy;y. ,J
rfpg;Gj;jd;ikapd;ikaw;w Md;kPfk; my;y> ,J
tiuKiwf; Nfhl;ghl;bw;F cl;gl;l Md;kPfk;
my;y. ,e;j jj;Jt hPjpahd td;Kiwf;Fl;gl;l
Md;kPfk; my;y. ,e;j Md;kPfkhdJ Mo;e;j
cwf;fj;jpypUe;J tpopj;njOe;J rpwe;j
yl;rpaj;NjhL kdpj ,dj;ij NgZjyhFk;!.
cjtpahsh;; (rhl;rpak; $WgtUk; thrpf;f
Ntz;Lk;);:
ek; tho;tpy; ek; vz;zk; czh;T nray;
,itaidj;Jk; xj;jpirNthL ,Uj;jy;; Ntz;Lk.
ekJ Njhy;tpfis czh;e;J nfhz;L> nfl;l
czh;Tfis tpl;nlhopj;J Nkk;gLjy; Ntz;Lk;.
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We aspire to persuade and to reconcile. ehk; ,zf;fkhfTk;> rkurkhfTk; ,Uf;f
tpUk;GfpNwhk;.
We make a commitment to increasingly fulfill
the rule that reminds us to “treat others as we ek;ik kw;wth;fs; vg;gb elj;j Ntz;Lk;
want to be treated.” vd;W vz;ZfpNwhNkh mij NghyNt ehk;
kw;wth;fis elj;j Ntz;Lnkd;gij newpahff;
Officiant: Let us begin a new life. nfhz;Ls;Nshk;.

Let us search within ourselves for the signs of the
sacred, and let us carry our message to others.
Assistant (and those giving testimony read):
Today we begin to renew our lives. Let us begin by
seeking mental peace and the Force that gives us
joy and conviction. Afterwards, let us go to those
closest to us and share with them everything
great and good that has happened to us.
Officiant: Peace, Force, and Joy for everyone.
Assistant (and all those present):
For you also, Peace, Force, and Joy.
topelj;Jgth;: Gjpa tho;it njhlq;FNthk;.
Gdpj milahsq;fis ekf;Fs; NjLNthk;>
,r;nra;jpia kw;wth;fsplk; nfhz;L nry;Nthk;.
cjtpahsh;; (rhl;rpak; $WgtUk; thrpf;f
Ntz;Lk;);:
,d;W ek; tho;it kWkyh;r;rpailar; nra;fpNwhk;.
Mde;jijf; nfhLf;Fk; kdmikjp kw;Wk;
rf;jpiaj; Njlj; njhlq;FNthk;! mjd;gpd;G
ekf;F neUf;fkhdth;fsplk; nrd;W ekf;F
epfo;e;j midj;J ed;ikfs; kw;Wk; cah;Tfs;
Mfpatw;iw gfph;e;Jf;nfhs;Nthk;.
topelj;Jgth;: midtUf;Fk; mikjp rf;jp
kw;Wk; Mde;jk;.

cjtpahsh;(kw;Wk; gq;Nfw;;Fk; midtUf;Fk;):

cq;fSf;Fk; mikjp rf;jp kw;Wk; Mde;jk;.

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THE PATH ghij

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If you believe that your life will end with
death, nothing that you think, feel, or do
has any meaning. Everything will end with
incoherence and disintegration.
If you believe that your life does not end with
death, you must bring into agreement what
you think with what you feel and what you do.
All must advance toward coherence, toward
unity.
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cq;fs; tho;f;if ,wg;Gld; Kbe;J NghFk;
vd;W ePq;fs; ek;gpdhy; ePq;fs; vd;d
epidj;jhYk;> czh;e;jhYk;> nra;jhYk;
mjw;F mh;j;jkpy;iy. xt;nthd;Wk;
xj;jpirtpy;yhkYk; gphpe;Jk; rpije;JtpLk.;
cq;fs; tho;f;if ,wg;Gld; Kbtjpy;iy
vd;W ek;gpdhy;> ePq;fs; vd;d ePidf;fpwPh;fs;>
vd;d czh;fpwPh;fs;> vd;d nra;fpwPh;fs;
vd;gijf; fz;bg;ghf xU cld;ghl;bw;F
nfhz;L tu Ntz;Lk;. ,it midj;Jk.;
xU xj;jpirit Nehf;fp fl;lhak; Kd;Ndw
Ntz;Lk;.
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If you are indifferent to the pain and suffering kw;wth;fspd; typiaAk;> Jd;gj;ijAk;
of others, none of the help that you ask for will fz;Lk; fhzhky; ,Ug;gPd;> ePq;fs;
find justification. Nfl;Fk; ve;j xU cjtpAk; fpilf;fhJ
epahag;gLj;jTk; KbahJ.
If you are not indifferent to the pain and
suffering of others, in order to help them you kw;wth;fspd; typiaAk;> Jd;gj;ijAk;
must bring your thoughts, feelings, and actions ePq;fs; czu;e;jhy;;. mth;fSf;F; cjtp
into agreement. nra;tjw;fhd vz;zk;> czh;T> nray;
%d;iwAk; fl;lhak; xUepiyf;F nfhz;L
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Learn to treat others in the way that you want kw;wth; cq;fis vg;gb elj;j Ntz;Lk;
to be treated. vd;W tpUk;GfpwPHfNsh> ePq;fSk; mJNghy;
kw;wth;fis elj;jf; fw;Wf;nfhs;s Ntz;Lk;.

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Learn to surpass pain and suffering in yourself, cq;fSf;Fk;> cq;fSf;F
in those close to you, and in human society. neUf;fkhdth;fSf;Fk; kw;Wk; kdpj
rKjhaj;jpw;F Vw;gLk; typ kw;Wk;
Jd;gq;fis fle;J nry;y ePq;fs; fw;Wf;
nfhs;s Ntz;Lk;.

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Learn to resist the violence that is within you cdf;Fs; cs;s td; nraiyAk;> ntspapy;
and outside of you. cs;s td; nraiyAk; vjph;f;f fw;Wf;
nfhs;s Ntz;Lk;.

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Learn to recognize the signs of the sacred cdf;Fs;Sk; cd;idr; Rw;wpAk; cs;s
within you and around you. Gdpjj;ijf; Fwpf;Fk; tp\aq;fis
milahsk; fhz fw;Wf; nfhs;s Ntz;Lk;.

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Do not let your life pass by without asking
yourself, “Who am I?”
Do not let your life pass by without asking
yourself, “Where am I going?”
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“ehd; ahh;?” vd;w Nfs;tpia cdf;Fs; eP
Nfl;fhky; cdJ tho;f;ifia fle;J Nghf
tplhNj.
“ehd; vq;Nf Ngha;f; nfhz;bUf;fpNwd;” vd;w
Nfs;tpia cdf;Fs; eP Nfl;fhky; cd;
tho;f;ifNa fle;J Nghf tplhNj.
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Do not let a day pass by without giving an “eP ahu;” vd;fpw Nfs;tpf;F Fwpj;j gjpiy
answer to yourself about who you are. njupe;Jnfhs;shky; xU ehisf; $lf;
flf;f tplhNj.
Do not let a day pass by without giving an
answer to yourself about where you are going. “eP vq;Nf Ngha; nfhz;bUf;fpwha;” vd;w
Nfs;tpf;F tpil fhzhky; xU ehs; $l
fle;J Nghf tplhNj.

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Do not let a great joy pass without giving cdf;Fs; eP ed;wp $whky; xU Nguhde;jj;ij
thanks internally. fle;J Nghf tplhNj.

Do not let a great sadness pass without calling cd; mfj;jpy; Nrkpj;Js;s Mde;jj;ij
into your interior for the joy that you have ntspf;nfhz;Ltuhky; xU ngUe;Jauj;ij
saved there. fle;J Nghf tplhNj.

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Do not imagine that you are alone in your cdJ fpuhkj;jpy;> efuj;jpy;> ,e;j G+kpapy;
village, in your city, on the Earth, or among kw;Wk; Kbtpy;yh cyfq;fspd; kj;jpapy; eP
the infinite worlds. jdpahf cs;sha; vd;W fw;gid nra;ahNj.

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Do not imagine that you are enchained to this eP ,e;j Neuj;jhYk;> ,e;j ,lj;jhYk;
time and this space. fl;lg;gl;Ls;sjhf fw;gid nra;ahNj.

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Do not imagine that in your death loneliness cq;fs; kuzj;jpdhy; jdpik epj;jpakhdJ
will become eternal. vd;W fw;gid nra;ahjPh;fs;.

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 CONTENTS nghUslf;fk;
The Book Gj;jfk;

I. Meditation .................................................... 6 I. jpahdk;.......................................................... 7

II. Disposition to Comprehend......................... 8 II. fpufpf;Fk; kdepiy..................................... 9
III. Non-Meaning............................................. 12 III. mh;j;jkpy;yhjJ.......................................... 13
IV. Dependence ................................................ 18 IV. rhh;e;jpUj;jy;................................................ 19
V. Intimation of Meaning ................................. 22 V. mh;j;jj;ij mwptpj;jy;................................ 23
VI. Sleep and Awakening ................................. 26 VI. cwf;fk; kw;Wk; tpopg;Gepiy.................... 27
VII. Presence of the Force ................................ 30 VII. rf;jpapd; gpurd;dk;.................................... 31
VIII. Control of the Force ................................ 34 VIII. rf;jpapd; fl;Lg;ghL.................................. 35
IX. Manifestations of the Energy ..................... 38 IX. Mw;wypd; ntspg;ghLfs;............................ 39
X. Evidence of Meaning ................................... 44 X. mh;j;jj;jpd; rhd;Wfs;................................. 45
XI. The Luminous Center ................................. 46 XI. gpufhrkhd ikak;...................................... 47
XII. The Discoveries ......................................... 50 XII. fz;Lgpbg;Gfs;........................................... 51
XIII. The Principles .......................................... 54 XIII. Nfhl;ghLfs;.............................................. 55
XIV. Guide to the Inner Road........................... 62 XIV. mfj;jpwT rhiyf;fhd topf;fhl;b........ 63
XV. The Experience of Peace and the Passage XV. mikjpapd; mDgtk; kw;Wk; rf;jpapd;
of the Force ....................................................... 70 ghij................................................................. 71
XVI. Projection of the Force ............................. 78 XVI. rf;jpia ntspg;gLj;Jjy;....................... 79
XVII. Loss and Repression of the Force ........... 84 XVII. rf;jpapd; ,og;G kw;Wk; xLf;Fjy;........ 85
XVIII. Action and Reaction of the Force ......... 90 XVIII. rf;jpapd; nray;ghL kw;Wk;
XIX. The Internal States ................................... 94 vjph;tpid.......................................................... 91
XX. Internal Reality .......................................... 110 XIX. mf epiyfs;........................................... 95
XX. cs;Kf ep[j;jd;ik................................ 111

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The Service ....................................................... 118 Nrit................................................................ 119

Laying on of Hands .......................................... 124 iffshy; Mrpu;tjpj;jy;.................................. 125
Well-Being ....................................................... 130 eyk;................................................................... 131
Protection ......................................................... 134 ghJfhg;G........................................................... 135
Marriage ........................................................... 138 jpUkzk;........................................................... 139
Assistance ......................................................... 144 cjTjy;............................................................ 145
Death ................................................................ 150 ,wg;G................................................................. 151
Recognition ...................................................... 154 mq;fPfhpj;jy..................................................... 155

The Path................................................... 162 ghij........................................................... 163

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